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ROLLO 


LEARNING  TO  TALK 


THE  ROLLO  SERIES 


IS    COMPOSED    OF     FOURTEEN    VOLUMES,    VIZ. 


Rollo  Learning  to  Talk. 
Rollo  Learning  to  Read. 
Rollo  at  Work. 
Rollo  at  Play. 
Rollo  at  School. 
Rollo's  Vacation. 
Rollo's  Experiments. 


Rollo's  Museum. 
Rollo's  Travels. 
Rollo's  Correspondence. 
Hollo's  Philosophy — Water. 
Rollo's  Philosophy — Air. 
Rollo's  Philosophy — Fire. 
Rollo's  Philosophy — Sky. 


A     NEW    EDITION,    REVISED    BY    THE    AUTHOR. 


PHILADELPHIA: 
PUBLISHED  BY  HOGAN  &  THOMPSON. 


BOSTON: 

GOULD,  KENDALL  &  LINCOLN. 

1850. 


Entered  according   to  the   Act  of  Congress,  in   the  year   1850,  by 

Hogan  &  Thompson, 

In   the  Clerk's  Office  of  the   Eastern  District  of  Pennsylvania. 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 

Notice  to  Parents 3 

Feeding  the  Chickens 10 

The  Dog  in  the  Water 13 

The  Great  Black  Bear 15 

Little  Albert 18 

The  Bow  and  Arrow 20 

Gunpowder 23 

The  Hurt  Butterfly 25 

The  Little  Birds 29 

Another  Little  Bird 32 

The  Rabbit 34 

The  Thievish  Cat 35 

Fido  in  the  Woods 33 

The  Ducks  in  the  Water 40 

The  Beehive 42 

Driving  Hoops 44 

The  Baby 46 

Cows  in  the  Water 49 

John,  James,  and  Harry 51 

The  Cottage 54 

^The  Three  Eggs 57 

I^TheHoop 60 

Jane  and  Puss 64 

VThe  Spider's  Web 67 

CKThe  Flowers.. , 70 


4  CONTENTS. 

Tom  Badboy 74 

The  Garden 78 

The  Goat,  up  High 81 

Another  Rooster 83 

Pony  Pomp 87 

The  Farmer 91 

The  Galloping  Horse 94 

A  Lamb 97 

The  Solitary  Bird. 99 

The  Dog 102 

Pig,  Pig,  Old  Pig 104 

The  Stepping- Stones 107 

The  Donkey 109 

The  Old  Man  on  the  Ice Ill 

The  Shepherd 116 

Another  Shepherd 123 

A  Large  Dog 126 

The  Man  in  the  Snow 129 

The  Rake 133 

The  Man  Ploughing 137 

Going  up  High ., 140 

The  Large  Flat  Stone 147 

Stories 159 

A  Dog  for  a  Horse , 154 

Buzz,  Buzz,  Buzz 157 

A  Goat  for  a  Horse. 150 

Animals 161 

Beasts 165 

Birds'  Nests. 170 

The  Great  Vultures  and  the  Little  Humming-Bird. . . .  176 


NOTICE    TO    PARENTS 


These  little  talks  about  pictures  are  mainly  in- 
tended to  be  read  by  a  mother,  or  by  one  of  the 
older  children,  to  a  little  one  who  is  learning  to 
talk.  Their  design  is  to  interest  and  amuse  the 
child,  and  at  the  same  time  to  teach  it  the  use 
of  language  and  the  meaning  of  words.  To  the 
reader,  I  have  three  directions  to  give. 

1.  Act  out  all  the  motions  described.  For  in- 
stance, begin  the  first  story  when  the  child  is 
away  at  play,  and  let  the  first  sentence  be  the 
summons  to  you.  Point  at  all  the  parts  of  the 
picture  which  are  described  ;  and  in  fine,  in  every 
case,  suit  the  action  to  the  word. 

2.  Read  distinctly  and  with  all  the  natural  tones, 
and  in  the  manner  of  conversation.  Do  this  so 
completely  that  the  child  cannot  tell  whether  you 
are  reading  or  talking.     Read  "  No  indeed,"  and 

1* 


6  NOTICE    TQ    PARENTS. 

"  Oh  no,  "  and  "  Come,  quick,  quick"  &c.  with  the 
ardor  of  emphasis  which  is  natural  to  childhood. 
In  a  word,  talk  it  off  to  them,  with  inflexions  and 
tones  exceedingly  varied  and  emphatic. 

A  great  many  words  are  introduced  which  the 
child  cannot  be  supposed  to  understand ;  but  the 
connection  explains  them.  To  teach  language 
thus,  is  one  great  object  of  the  book.  These 
words  are  generally  in  italics.  They  should  be 
read  very  distinctly  and  emphatically,  and  some- 
times paused  upon,  so  that  the  child  may  ask 
questions  upon  them  if  he  pleases.  You  will  be 
amused  at  hearing  him  introduce  them  into  his 
own  conversation  often,  if  he  once  understands 
them  in  the  lesson. 

3.  Do  not  confine  yourself  to  what  is  written. 
Wait  patiently  for  an  answer  to  all  the  questions ; 
make  additional  remarks  yourselves;  when  the 
child  is  interested,  let  him  look  at  the  picture  as 
long  as  he  will.  He  will  ask  you  a  question  some- 
times after  a  long  pause,  which  will  be  exceeding- 
ly interesting.  Let  your  object  be  to  arouse  and 
concentrate  his  powers,  to  awaken  his  curiosity, 


NOTICE    TO    PARENTS.  7 

and  to  fix  his  attention.  Let  him  in  fact  lead  and 
guide  the  exercise. 

The  above  directions  are  all  that  are  necessary 
in  regard  to  the  reading  of  the  lessons.  A  word 
as  to  the  general  use  of  the  book. 

It  is  bound  in  a  substantial  manner,  so  that  it 
may  be  given  to  the  child  sometimes  when  nobody 
is  at  leisure  to  attend  to  him.  With  a  little  effort 
you  can  teach  him  to  use  it  as  gently  and  as  care- 
fully as  you  would  yourself.  Watch  him  a  mo- 
ment, and,  if  he  begins  to  use  it  roughly,  take  it 
immediately  away,  and  do  not  let  him  have  it  again 
for  some  hours.  Never  mind  his  crying.  A  few 
firm,  decided  experiments  of  this  kind  will  teach 
him  such  habits  as  will  make  the  book  as  safe  in 
his  hands  as  it  would  be  in  yours.  It  will  be  a 
great  source  of  amusement  and  occupation  to  him 
to  turn  over  the  leaves  and  tell  the  stories  to 
himself. 

Do  not  let  him  have  it  too  often,  however,  so  as  to 
lead  him  to  treat  it  with  contempt;  and,  above  all, 
never  let  him  have  it  for  crying, — nor  for  stopping 


8  NOTICE    TO    PARENTS. 

crying.  The  regular  way  in  which  some  children 
get  their  wishes  is  to  begin  to  cry,  and  then  have 
their  parents  tell  them  they  cannot  have  what 
they  want  until  they  are  pleasant.  They  cry  for 
the  express  purpose  of  getting  an  opportunity  to 
stop. 

A  child  of  three  or  four  years  old  can  easily  be 
taught  to  explain  the  pictures,  or  as  he  will  call  it, 
tell  the  stories,  in  his  own  way,  from  memory,  to  a 
younger  child.  In  this  way  his  intellect,  his  im- 
agination, his  memory  will  be  cultivated,  but 
more  than  this,  he  will  be  taught  to  be  kind  to  his 
little  brother  or  sister,  —  he  will  secure  a  practical 
lesson  m  the  happiness  of  doing  good. 


/ 


ROLLO 

LEARNING    TO    TALK, 


William,  William,*  —  come  run  here 
—  I  have  got  some  pictures  to  show  you. 
Come  and  sit  up  in  my  lap,  and  I  will 
show  them  all  to  you.  Do  you  not  see 
what  an  excellent  book  it  is  ?  It  has  got 
some  good  strong  covers,  and  is  full  of 
pictures.  1  shall  show  them  all  to  you, 
but  not  all  today.  Perhaps  I  shall  let  you 
take  the  book  sometimes.  If  I  do,  you 
must  be  very  careful  of  it. 

*  Note  to  the  Mother.     In  reading  this,  use  the  name 
of  your  own  child,  and  so  in  all  similar  cases. 


10 


FEEDING    THE    CHICKENS. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  little  girl  feed- 
ing the  chickens.     Little  girl!*     Little 


girl,  did  you  know  that  you  had  left 
the  gate  open  ?  Little  girl,  I  say,  little 
girl,  did  you  know  that  you  had  left 
the   gate   open  ?      She   does    not   know 


*  Call  "  Little  girl !  "  in  the  tone  you  would  use  if  you 
really  expected  an  answer,  and  pause  a  moment  for  a 
reply.     So  in  all  similar  cases. 


FEEDING   THE    CHICKENS.        11 

what  I  say,  she  does  not  hear  me ;  she, 
is  nothing  but  a  picture  of  a  girl.  She 
has  come  out  to  feed  her  chickens.  I 
can  see  the  house  she  lives  in.  Do  you 
see  it  ?  Where  is  it  ?  Touch  it  with 
vour  finger.  It  stands  back  among  the 
trees.  I  should  like  to  go  into  that  little 
gate,  and  walk  along  under  the  trees,  and 
go  into  that  house.  Who  do  you  think 
lives  there  ?  I  think  it  must  be  that  lit- 
tle girl's  father  and  mother. 

She  took  a  little  wooden  bowl  with  a 
handle,  and  has  come  out  to  feed  the 
chickens ;  and  the  hen;s  too.  There  are 
some  large  hens.  One  is  running  very 
fast  to  get  some  of  the  corn.  1  rather 
think  that  is  corn  she  is  feeding  the  hens 
and  chickens  with.  Run,  Biddy,  run, 
run,  run  fast,  or  you  will  lose  all  your 
corn. 

Don't  you  see  the  little  chickens  ? 
How  many  are  there  ?     You  may  count 


12       FEEDING    THE    CHICKENS. 

the  chickens.  Now  you  may  count  the 
hens.  They  are  all  picking  up  the  corn. 
And  there  stands  the  rooster,  too,  open- 
ing his  mouth  to  crow.  He  says,  cock-a- 
doodle-doo,  cock-a-doodle-doo ! 

Do  you  know  why  they  call  him  a 
roost-er  f  It  is  because  he  roosts.  When 
it  is  night  do  you  suppose  those  hens  go 
to  bed,  and  lie  down  and  cover  them- 
selves up  with  clothes  and  go  to  sleep  ? 
No  indeed  ;  they  do  not  do  that.  If  you 
should  put  one  of  them  into  a  bed  in  that 
way,  she  would  jump  out  and  run  away 
as  fast  as  she  could.  What  do  you  think 
the  hens  do  when  they  want  to  go  to  sleep  ? 
Why,  they  get  up  on  a  long  pole  and  cling 
to  it  with  their  long,  sharp  claws,  and 
sleep  there  on  a  high  pole.  And  that  is 
roosting.  So  they  call  the  great  cock  a 
roost-er.  Do  you  think  you  could  sleep 
on  a  high  pole  ? 

I  can  see    a  beautiful   little    house  in 


THE    DOG    IN    THE    WATER.       13 

the  picture,  and  that  is  on  a  high  pole. 
It  is  for  little  birds  to  live  in.  The  birds 
are  flying  all  about  it.  How  many  birds 
can  you  see  ?  What  kind  of  birds  do  you 
think  they  are  ?  They  are  martins.  Mar- 
tins live  in  houses  like  that  on  the  end  of 
a  pole. 


THE    DOG    IN    THE    WATER 

Do  you  see  that  little  girl  on  the 
next  page  who  has  fallen  into  the  water  ? 
You  may  touch  her  with  your  finger. 
Poor  little  girl !  She  was  playing  on 
the  bank  and  fell  in.  Don't  you  see  that 
large  black  dog  ?  He  is  in  the  water 
too.  Don't  you  see  ?  His  legs  are 
down  under  the  water.  His  back  is  out 
of  the  water.  His  legs  look  faint.  His 
back  looks  distinct.  The  reason  why  his 
legs  look  faint  is  because  they  are  under 
2 


14       THE     DOG    IN    THE   WATER. 

the  water,  and  we  cannot  see  them  very 
plain.  Do  you  know  why  he  is  in  the 
water?  He  jumped  in  to  pull  out  that 
little  girl.  He  is  biting  hold  of  her 
clothes  to  pull  her  out.     He  will  not  bite 


the  little  girl.  Oh  no,  he  will  be  careful 
and  not  bite  the  little  girl.  He  loves  the 
little  girl?  and  wants  to  pull  her  out  of  the 
water.  He  is  a  kind  dog.  He  is  a  good, 
kind,  black  dog;.  You  must  not  be  afraid 
of  a  dog  when  you  see  one.  He  will  not 
bite  you.     No  indeed.     Perhaps  he  will 


THE  GREAT  BLACK  BEAR.   15 

pull  you  out  of  the  water  if  you  fall  in. 
I  think  if  you  should  see  a  dog,  and  if 
you  should  have  some  bread  and  butter, 
you  had  better  give  him  a  little  piece. 
Doss  like  bread. 

See  the  little  girl's  mother.  She  is 
very  much  frightened  because  her  little 
girl  has  fallen  in. 

I  see  three  little  birds  in  the  picture. 
Can  you  see  them  ? 


THE  GREAT  BLACK  BEAR. 

Shall  I  tell  you  about  the  next  pic- 
ture ?  Do  you  see  this  great  bear  ?  He  is 
a  great  black  bear.  What  do  you  think 
that  string  is,  on  his  nose  ?  It  is  a  muz- 
zle. Do  you  know  what  it  is  for  ?  It  is 
to  keep  his  mouth  shut,  so  that  he  cannot 
bite.  Should  you  think  he  could  bite 
with  a  muzzle  round  his  mouth  ?     It  is 


16   THE  GREAT  BLACK  BEAR. 

tied  on  with  a  string,  so  that  it  cannot 
slip  off,  and  while  it  is  on  he  cannot 
bite.  Bears  live  in  the  woods.  They 
go  growling  about  in  the  woods  a  great 
many  hundred  miles  from  here. 

They  caught  this  bear  in  the  woods 
and  tamed  him.  Do  you  see  that  thing 
on  his  back  ?     What  is  it  ?     It  is  a  mon- 


key.    He   is   dressed  up  like  a  man  to 
make  him  look  droll. 


THE  GREAT  BLACK  BEAR.   17 

Do  you  see  that  boy  and  girl  looking 
out  of  the  gate  ?  Perhaps  the  tall  one  is 
meant  for  a  lady.  It  may  be  the  little 
girl's  mother.  Do  you  think  it  is  a  lady 
or  a  boy  ?     Why  ? 

That  little  girl's  name  is  Lucy.  Lucy, 
don't  be  afraid.  The,  bear  and  the  mon- 
key cannot  hurt  you.  Don't  you  see  the 
man  has  the  bear's  mouth  tied  with  a 
string  ? 

What  has  that  man  on  his  back  ? 
That  great  thing.  It  is  an  organ.  I 
see  the  handle.  When  he  puts  it  down, 
and  turns  the  handle,  it  makes  beautiful 
music.  He  is  going  to  the  town  which 
is  away  beyond  the  trees,  to  show  the 
children  there  the  bear  and  the  monkey, 
and  to  let  them  hear  the  music. 
a*  2* 


18 


LITTLE    ALBERT. 

Did  you  ever  catch  a  butterfly  ?  Did 
you  ever  see  a  butterfly  ?  He  goes  flying 
and  fluttering  from  one  flower  to  another, 
very  happy,  unless  some  boys  are  chasing 
him.  But  here  is  a  picture  of  little 
Albert  and  a  butterfly. 

Do  you  see  little  Albert  there  in  the 
picture?     I  will  tell  you  about    him.     I 


will  tell  what  he  says.     He  is  talking  to 
his  mother. 


LITTLE    ALBERT.  19 

"  Mother  !  mother,  come  quick !  come 
and  see  this  beautiful  large  butterfly  ; 
come  quick,  mother !  " 

"  Where  is  the  butterfly  ?  "  says  his 
mother. 

"  O,  here  he  is ;  he  is  flying  away ; 
come  and  help  me  catch  him.  Come 
quick,  or  he  will  be  gone." 

But  his  mother  will  not  come.  She 
sits  still.  She  turns  her  head  round  so 
as  to  see  the  little  butterfly,  but  she  does 
not  want  to  go  and  catch  the  poor  little 
butterfly.  It  would  break  his  beautiful 
wings,  and  hurt  him  very  much,  to  catch 
him  in  little  Albert's  cap.  There  he  goes 
flying  away.  He  is  happy  flying  about 
among  the  flowers.  God  made  the  beau- 
tiful butterfly,  and  we  must  not  hurt  him. 

Don't  you  see  the  beautiful  roses  grow- 
ing on  the  bushes  by  the  side  of  Albert  ? 

Now  we  will  read  about  another  pic- 
ture. 


20 


THE    BOW    AND    ARROW: 

Do  you  not  see  that  little  girl  in  the 
next  picture,  lying  down,  and  her  brother 
holding  her  head  ?  I  will  tell  you  what 
they  are  doing :  but  first  I  must  tell  you 
a  story.     It  is  about  dangerous  things. 

Once  a  little  boy  came  to  my  desk  and 
took  off  a  sharp  penknife,  and  I  told  him 
to  put  it  down,  because  it  was  a  danger- 
ous thing.  He  did  not  put  it  down  quick, 
as  he  ought  to  have  done,  but  stopped  to 
ask  me  what  was  a  dangerous  thing.  It 
was  right  to  ask  me  that ;  but  he  ought 
not  to  have  asked  it  till  he  had  put  the 
knife  down.  In  a  minute  I  heard  him 
cry  very  loud.  I  went  to  see  what  was 
the  matter.  He  had  cut  his  finger  with 
the  sharp,  dangerous  knife.  The  blood 
was  coming  out  of  his  finger. 

It  is  dangerous  for  little  boys  to  have 


THE    BOW    AND    ARROW.  21 

sharp  knives.     The  danger  is   that   they 
will  cut  them. 

The  boy  in  this  picture  has  been  play- 
ing with  a  bow  and  arrow.  Don't  you 
see  the  sharp  arrows  lying  on  the  ground  ? 
See  his  bow  too.;  it  is  a  very  pretty  bow. 


There  is  something  lying  on  some  of  his 
arrows.  It  is  to  keep  his  arrows  in.  He 
calls  it  his  quiver.  The  boy  can  shoot 
his  arrows  very  swiftly  through  the  air 
with  his  bow.     Just  now  he  shot  an  ar- 


22  GUNPOWDER 

row,  and  it  went  almost  into  his  sister's 
eye.  It  hurt  her  very  much,  and  she  fell 
down.  He  is  trying  to  find  the  place 
where  it  hit  her.  Little  boy,  cannot  you 
find  the  place?  —  Little  boy,  I  say; 
can  you  find  the' place?  —  He  does  not 
answer.  He  can't  speak.  He  is  nothing 
but  the  picture  of  a  boy. 


GUNPOWDER. 

Did  you  ever  see  any  powder  ?  Some- 
times they  call  it  Gunpowder.  It  is  black. 
It  looks  a  little  like  black  sand.  But 
powder  is  a  very  wonderful  thing.  I  will 
tell  you  why.  If  I  should  take  a  little 
powder,  and  put  it  upon  a  shovel,  and 
then  touch  a  very  little  fire  to  it ;  —  flash 
it  would  go,  —  blazing  up  quick  and 
high;  —  FLASH,  and  if  I  was  not  very 
careful,  it  would  burn  me.     If  I  had  some 


GUNPOWDER. 


23 


powder  I  would  show  you  how;  but  I 
should  not  give  you  any,  for  fear  you 
would  burn  yourself  with  it.  It  is  a  very 
dangerous  thing.  Perhaps  you  would 
cry  for  it.  Do  you  think  you  should  ?  If 
you  should,  I  should  not  give  it  to  you. 
It  would  be  wrong  for  me  to  give  you 
any  tiling  because  you  cried  for  it. 

Here  is  a  picture  about,  powder.    Don't 
you  see  it  flashing,  —  blazing  up  ?    There 


are  some  boys  ;  they  have  been  playing 
with  powder.     They  are  bad  boys  ;  their 


24  GUNPOWDER. 

mother  told  them  they  must  not  play  with 
powder,  for  they  would  get  hurt ;  but 
they  did  not  obey  her.  They  went  away 
out  into  the  woods ;  —  do  you  see  the 
trees  there  ?  Well,  they  went  out  into 
the  woods,  where  their  mother  could  not 
see  them,  and  played  with  the  powder. 
They  were  bad  boys ;  they  disobeyed 
their  mother.  The  powder  exploded  ;  it 
flashed  in  their  faces,  and  burnt  their 
eyes.  Do  you  see  the  smoke  ?  and  see  ! 
one  of  the  boys  has  put  his  hands  up  to 
his  face,  because  it  has  burnt  him  ;  and 
there  is  another  boy  lying  upon  the 
ground.  Poor  boy,  I  am  afraid  he  is  very 
much  hurt ;  perhaps  it  has  put  his  eyes 
out,  so  that  he  will  never  see  again. 
Poor  boys,  if  they  had  done  as  their 
mother  told  them,  they  would  not  have 
been  burnt  so.  But  they  were  bad  boys  , 
they  disobeyed  their  mother,  and  now 
you  see  how  they  are  punished. 


25 


THE    HURT    BUTTERFLY. 

Do  you  remember  that  we  have  had 
one  picture  about  a  butterfly  ?  Did  the 
boy  catch  him  ?  He  wanted  his  mother 
to  come  and  help  catch  him.  Did  she 
go  ?     Why  not.? 

Here  is  another  picture,  and  what  do 
you  think  it  is  about  ? 


Old  lady,  what. is  that  little  thing  lying 
down  upon  the  bank  ?     Old  lady,  —  what 
b  3 


26  THE    HURT    BUTTERFLY. 

is  it?  —  O,  I  know  what  it  is.  It  is  a 
butterfly.  A  little  butterfly,  with  four 
wings,  and  a  great  many  legs,  though  you 
cannot  see  them  very  well,  he  is  so  small. 
Should  you  like  to  have  me  tell  you  all 
about  him  ?     Well,  I  will. 

Do  you  see  those  beautiful  flowers  be- 
hind the  lady  ?  They  are  growing  on 
a  tall  stem  leaning  a  little  over  back- 
wards. .  Well,  that  little  butterfly  was 
flying  along,  among  the  trees  and  flowers, 
as  happy  as  a  little  butterfly  could  be. 
He  would  stop  on  the  flowers  to  suck  up 
the  sweet  juices,  for  his  breakfast ;  and 
thus  he  flew  about  from  bank  to  bank, 
and  from  flower  to  flower.  Just  then 
this  boy,  whose  name  is  Robin,  and  Lucy 
his  sister,  came  out  into  the  garden  to 
play.  They  live  in  that  great  white 
house  behind  the  trees.  We  will  turn 
back  to  the  picture  and  see  the  great 
white  house. 


THE    HURT    BUTTERFLY.  27 

Now  we  will  read  on.  They  lived  in 
this  great  white  house,  and  they  came  out 
into  the  garden  to  play,  and  Robin  saw 
this  butterfly, — flying  and  fluttering  about. 
Do  you  know  what  I  mean  by  fluttering  ? 

Robin  started  off  after  him,  crying  out, 

"  Hurrah!  let's  go  and  catch  this  but- 
terfly." 

Lucy  ran  after  him,  repeating, 

"  Hurrah  !  let's  go  and  catch  this  but- 
terfly." 

The  butterfly  flew  and  fluttered,  and 
Robin  ran  with  his  cap  in  the  air,  Lucy 
following  as  fast  as  she  could.  At  length 
the  butterfly  lighted  on  one  of  the  flowers 
growing  on  the  tall  stem  behind  the  lady. 
We  will  turn  back  to  look  at  it. 

"  There,  —  he  has  lighted,"  said  Rob- 
in. "  Now  I'll  catch  him."  So  he  walk- 
ed along  softly,  on  tiptoe  ;  and  he  raised 
his  cap  in  the  air,  to  strike  it  down  and 
catch  the  butterfly  in  it,  when  Lucy  said, 


28  THE    HURT    BUTTERFLY. 

"No,  Robin,  I  would  not  catch  him." 

But  it  was  too  late,  for  just  as  she  said 
the  words,  down  came  the  cap  on  the 
poor  butterfly,  in  the  midst  of  the  flow- 
ers. The  blow  knocked  off  some  of  the 
flowers,  and  bent  over  the  stock,  and  the 
poor  butterfly  was  not  to  be  seen. 

"  There,  you  have  killed  him,"  said 
Lucy. 

Robin  said  nothing,  but  he  slowly 
lifted  up  his  cap,  and  found  the  poor  but- 
terfly under  it  with  his  little  head  bruised, 
and  his  wing  broken,  and  he  was  strug- 
gling with  pain. 

Just  then  this  good  lady  came  along  ; 
and  when  she  saw  the  children  looking 
down  at  something,  she  came  to  see 
what  it  was.  She  said  she  was  very 
sorry  they  had  hurt  the  poor  little  but- 
terfly. So  she  took  him  up,  and  put  him 
very  carefully  on  the  bank,  —  and  now 
she  tells  them  they  must  leave  him  alone, 
and  perhaps  he  will  get  well,  and  be  able 


THE    LITTLE    BIRDS. 


29 


to  fly  about  happy  again.  I  should  think 
that  Robin  would  be  sorry  that  he  hurt 
the  poor  butterfly.  We  will  turn  back 
and  look  at  him,  and  see  if  he  looks  sorry. 


THE    LITTLE    BIRDS. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  lady  and  several 
children.     How    many  children  ?     I    do 


not   know   how    many,   unless   I    count 
them.     There  are  several.     I  will  count 
them,  and  find  out  exactly  how   many. 
3* 


30  THE    LITTLE    BIRDS. 

One,  two,  three,  four.  There  are 
four.  Exactly  four.  What  are  they  all 
doing?  I  will  tell  you.  I  will  begin  at 
the  beginning,  and  tell  you  the  whole 
story. 

A  lady  went  to  walk  in  a  field  with 
her  little  girl.  The  little  girl's  name 
was  Ann.  Can  you  find  Ann  in  the  pic- 
ture ?     Point  to  her. 

She  has  been  looking  at  the  flowers 
and  grass.  This  is  the  picture  of  the 
place  where  they  met  three  boys. 

George,  the  tallest  boy,  is  a  bad  boy. 
He  has  a  great  cane  in  his  hand.  He 
pushed  open  the  grass  with  his  cane,  and 
found  a  bird's  nest  with  three  little  birds 
in  it.     Do  you  see  their  little  heads  ? 

George  took  up  the  nest  and  gave  it 
to  James.  James  is  the  smallest  boy. 
He  is  very  glad  to  have  it.  He  wants  to 
carry  it  home.  He  does  not  think  it  is 
quite  right,  but  still  he  is  going  to  carry 
it  home. 


THE    LITTLE    BIRDS.  31 

Samuel  is  a  good  boy.  He  is  talking  to 
James.  He  tells  him  that  the  little  birds 
have  a  mother  who  takes  care  of  them, 
and  brings  them  their  breakfast,  and  din- 
ners, and  suppers. 

How  do  you    suppose    she    gets  their 
breakfast  ?     Why,  she  goes  and  picks  up 
little  crumbs    of  bread,  and  carries  them 
home.      She    gives    the    crumbs    to    the 
little   birds,   and  they  are   all   very  glad. 
When  night  comes,  she  sits  on  the  nest, 
and  opens  her  wings  over  the  little   ones 
to   keep   them    warm     while    they    are 
asleep.     She   loves  the  little   birds   very 
much.     She  has  gone  now  to  find  them 
something  to  eat.     When  she  comes  home 
to  the  place  where  she  left  the  nest,  and 
finds  that  George  has  taken  it  away,  she 
will  feel  very  sorry,  and  will  flutter  about 
the    place,  and    be  very  much  troubled. 
I   hope   Samuel  will  persuade   James   to 
carry  the  nest  back.     Little  Ann,  who  is 


32 


ANOTHER    LITTLE    BIRD 


looking  on,  wants  him  to  carry  it  back. 
She  says  that  God  will  be  displeased  with 
him,  and  so  he  will,  if  he  does  not.  She 
says,  too,  that  the  old  bird  will  feel  as  his 
mother  would,  if  some  strong  man  should 
carry  him  off,  so  that  his  mother  could 
not  find  him. 


ANOTHER    LITTLE    BIRD 


rr  ^7  "~7,^,; ::.:;;,  'I;i:i|iil|||[fij^ 


O,  there  is  another  beautiful  picture 
with  a  little  bird  in  it.  Do  you  see 
the  little    bird    hopping    along    on    the 


ANOTHER    LITTLE    BIRD.         S3 

table  ?  The  lady  is  holding  out  her 
hand  to  him.  Lady !  you  must  not  hurt 
that  pretty  little  bird.  You  must  not 
frighten  him  away. 

The  window  is  lifted  up.  We  can  see 
out.  It  is  very  cold  out  that  window. 
Don't  you  see  the  cold,  white  snow,  on 
the  trees  and  houses  ?  It  was  too  cold 
for  that  poor  little  bird,  and  so  he  came 
into  the  house.  The  lady  will  be  very 
kind  to  him.  I  wouldn't  hurt  that  pretty 
little  bird  ;  would  you  ? 

Lady,  I  think  you  had  better  go  and 
get  some  crumbs  of  bread,  and  give  them 
to  that  little  bird.  He  likes  crumbs  of 
bread ;  and  I  think  he  must  be  hungry. 
You  had  better  give  him  some  crumbs  of 
bread,  and  let  him  go. 


34 


THE    RABBIT. 


THE    RABBIT. 

This  is  the  picture  of  a  rabbit ;  chil- 
dren sometimes  call  him  bunny. 

Which  do  you  think  is  the  best  name, 
rabbit  or  bunny  ? 

It  is  winter.  This  little  rabbit  lives  in 
a  hole  in  the  ground.  He  dug  the  hole 
with  his  sharp  claws.  Do  you  see  his 
sharp  claws  ?  Touch  them  with  your 
finger.     The  rabbit  has  come  out  of  his 


THE    RABBIT.  35 

hole  to  run  and  leap  about  upon  the 
snow.  But  now  he  has  stopped  running, 
and  looks  frightened.  What  do  you  sup- 
pose makes  him  look  so  frightened  ? 

He  hears  a  noise. 

Do  you  know  what  noise  he  hears  ? 

Look  all  over  the  picture,  and  see  if 
you  can  find  any  thing  which  could  make 
a  noise  to  frighten  little  bunny.  It  is 
that   doir.       Do  you   see     him  ?      He   is 

O  Xj 

barking,  and  the  noise  makes  little  bunny 
lift  up  his  ears  and  hark. 

What  has  that  man  got  in  his  hand  ? 
It  is  a  gun.  He  has  come  out  to  find 
something  to  shoot.  I  hope  he  is  not 
going  to  shoot  that  pretty  little  bunny. 


THE    THIEVISH     CAT. 
A  thievish  cat!     Did  you    ever  hear 
of  a  thievish  cat  ?      Perhaps  you  do  not 
know  what  thievish  means.      Well,  I  will 
tell  you  all  about  it. 


36 


THE    THIEVISH    CAT. 


This  pussy's  name  is  Grimalkin.       It 
is  a  funny  name  for  a  cat,  —  is  it  not  ? 


Her  name  is  Grimalkin.  Now,  Grimal- 
kin's master  went  a-fishing.  He  caught 
his  fishes  in  a  brook,  and  brought  them 
home  in  a  basket.  Can  you  find  the 
basket  in  the  picture  ?  Touch  it  with 
your  finger.  Yes,  that  is  it.  Grimal- 
kin's master  hung  it  up  on  that  nail. 
When  he  brought  his  fishes  home,  he 
took  them  out  of  the  basket,  and  put 
them  upon  a  great  plate,  on  a  table,  in 
the  baek  kitchen,  and  then  hung  the  bas- 
ket on  a  nail.  Do  you  see  the  table,  and 
the  plate,  and  the  nail,  and  the  fishes,  and 


THE    THIEVISH    CAT.  37 

the  basket?  Is  there  any  thing  else  in 
this  picture  ?  What  is  it  ?  What  do  you 
think  is  in  that  jar?  It  is  cream.  1  am 
afraid  that  thievish  cat  will  find  it  out, 
and  pull  it  over. 

But  I  was  going  to  tell  you  about  that 
thievish  cat.  She  saw  her  master  carry 
out  the  fishes,  and  she  thought  she  would 
go  out  and  take  one  of  them  without 
leave.  So  she  watched  when  her  master 
was  not  looking,  and  crept  softly  out  into 
the  back  kitchen,  —  then  she  jumped 
up  on  the  table.  Then  she  walked 
softly  along  until  she  came  to  the  plate 
of  iishes,  and  now  she  is  just  taking  ofT 
one  of  the  fishes. 

Now,  do  you  know  what  a  thievish  cat 
is  ?  What  is  it  ?  Is  it  right  to  be  thievish  ? 
4 


33  FIDO    IN    THE    WOODS 


FIDO    IN    THE    WOODS. 

"  Dog,  pretty  dog,  what  is  your  name  ?  " 

"  My  name  is  Fido,"  says  the  dog. 

"  What  are  you  doing  out  here  in  the 
woods  ?  " 

"  I  am  looking  for  my  master." 

"  Who  is  your  master  ?  " 

"  My  master  is  a  boy,  and  his  name  is 
George." 

"  Where  is  your  master  George  ?" 

"  My  master  George  is  somewhere  in 
these  woods,  and  I  cannot  find  him." 


FIDO    IN    THE    WOODS.  39 

"  Why  do  you  not  run  about  and  look 
until  you  find  him  ?  " 

"  I  have  been  running  all  about,  and  I 
cannot  find  him  any  where." 

"  Why  do  you  not  bark  ?  " 

"  I  have  been  barking  till  I  am  tired*" 

"  Well, — dog,  —  pretty  dog,  —  I  do  not 
know  what  you  will  do.  How  came  you 
and  your  master  George  out  in  the 
woods?  " 

"  We  came  out  to  take  a  walk  with 
some  other  boys." 

"  And  how  came  you  to  lose  your  mas- 
ter George  ?  " 

"  I  ran  away  a  little  into  the  bushes  to 
catch  a  little  bird,  and  when  1  went  back 
into  the  path,  he  was  gone,  and  I  could 
not  find  him." 

"I  am  sorry  you  went  away  after  the 
little  birds.  You  ought  to  have  kept 
near  your  master  George.  I  do  not  know 
what  you  will  do." 


40   THE  DUCKS  IN  THE  WATER. 

Fido  has  got  something  round  his  neck. 
Do  you  know  what  it  is  ?  It  is  a  collar. 
There  is  a  little  ring  at  the  lower  side  of 
it.  The  ring  is  so  small  you  can  hardly 
see  it.  When  it  is  night,  they  take  Fido, 
and  put  a  chain  into  that  little  ring,  and 
fasten  him,  to  keep  him  from  running 
away. 


THE    DUCKS    IN    THE    WATER. 

Did  you  ever  see  any  ducks  ?  They 
say  Quack,  Quack,  Quack.  They  can 
run  upon  the  ground,  and  they  can  swim 
upon  the  water.  They  love  to  swim  up- 
on the  water. 

Here  is  the  picture  of  a  pond  of  water, 
with  two  ducks  swimming  upon  it. 

Can  you  see  the  two  ducks  ?  Point  to 
them.  How  many  are  there  ?  Should 
you  like  to  be  out  upon  that  water,  where 


THE  DUCKS  IN  THE  WATER.  41 

the  ducks  are  ?  No ;  I  am  afraid  you 
would  sink  down  into  the  water,  and  be 
drowned. 


-ssflg^1  -^m^ggm 


There  is  a  boat  upon  the  shore  of  the 
pond.  People  get  into  the  boat,  and  sail 
about  on  the  water.  Do  you  see  the  long 
things  that  look  like  poles,  lying  across 
the  boat  ?  They  are  not  poles ;  they  are 
oars.  The  men  put  one  end  of  the  oars 
into  the  water,  and  take  hold  of  the  other 
end,  and  pull  the  boat  along  by  them. 
The  two  men  that  came  in  the  boat  are 
6*  4* 


42  THE    BEEHIVE. 

standing  down  by  the  water,  among  the 
bushes,  with  fishing-poles  in  their  hands. 
By  and  by  they  will  get  into  the  boat, 
and  sail  away  beautifully  over  the  smooth 
water. 

I  can  see  a  row  of  great  trees  across 
the  water.  Can  you  see  them  ?  How 
many  are  there  ?  There  are  nine.  Nine 
great  trees  all  in  a  row. 

Under  the  last  one  is  a  little  man  stand- 
ing near  the  water  among  the  bushes. 
Do  you  think  he  sees  the  ducks  ? 


THE    BEEHIVE. 

Do  you  know  what  this  is  ?  -It  is  a  bee- 
hive. It  is  a  little  house  for  bees  to  live 
in.  Do  you  see  the  little  hole  where 
they  go  in  ? 

I  can  see  the  hole  and  several  bees  fly- 
ing about.     The  bees  must  have  a  house 


THE    BEEHIVE.  43 

to  live  in,  but  they  cannot  make  a  house, 
and  so  men  make  a  house  for  them. 
When  men  do  not  make  a  house  for  them, 
they  go  out  into  the  woods,  and  find  a 
hollow  tree,  and  live  in  that.     This  great 


hive  is  a  beautiful  one.  It  is  made  of 
straw  twisted  and  braided  together,  and 
there  is  a  beautiful  roof  over  it,  to  keep 
off  the  rain.     It  is  placed,  too,  on  a  stand. 


44  DRIVING    HOOPS. 

Is  the  stand  round  or  square  ?  How  many 
legs  has  it?  I  can  see  three.  Do  you 
think  there  are  any  more  ? 

Do  you  know  how  the  bees  get  their 
honey  ?  They  suck  up  the  sweet  juice 
out  of  the  flowers,  and  carry  it  home, 
and  make  honey  of  it.  Honey  is  very 
sweet  and  good. 

That  boy  and  girl  have  come  out  to 
look  at  the  bees.  They  must  not  hurt 
them  ;  if  they  do,  they  will  get  stung. 


DRIVING    HOOPS. 

Vert  small  boys  cannot  drive  hoops. 
They  cannot  run  fast  enough,  and  their 
hoops  tumble  down. 

Here  are  three  boys  driving  hoops.  I 
will  tell  you  their  names. 

Here  is  one  boy  in  front,  running  very 
fast,  and  holding  his  stick  high  in  the  air. 


DR1  VING    HOOPS, 


45 


He  is  going  to  strike  his  hoop  hard,  and 
make  it  go  very  fast.  He  has  a  cap  on  his 
head  ;  the  other  two  boys  have  hats.     He 


is  holding  out  his  left  hand,  and  striking 
his  hoop  with  his  right  hand.  Which  is 
your  left  hand  ?  Which  is  your  right 
hand?  What  do  you  think  that  boy's 
name  is  ?     His  name  is  Roger. 

Do  you  see  the  next  largest  boy  ? 
Which  is  it  ?  He  is  smaller.  He  cannot 
drive  his  hoop  so  well.  He  is  trying  to 
push  it  along  with  his  stick.  That  is  not 
the  way  to  drive  a  hoop.     He  ought  to 


46  THEBABY. 

strike  it.  But  he  is  a  small  boy,  and  is 
doing  as  well  as  he  can.  His  name  is 
John.  Roger  !  Roger  !  1  think  you  had 
better  stop  for  little  John  :  he  cannot 
keep  up  with  you. 

There  is  another  little  boy  in  the  pic- 
ture with  a  frock  on  ;  it  is  little  Benjamin. 
He  stands  still,  looking  at  Roger.  He  is 
tired.  He  has  been  trying  to  trundle  his 
hoop,  but  he  cannot  do  it  very  well,  and 
he  is  tired  ;  so  he  has  stopped  to  rest  and 
to  look  at  Roger.  He  wishes  that  he  was 
as  large  a  boy  as  Roger,  so  that  he  could 
drive  a  hoop  fast. 

Come,  little  Benjamin,  you  have  rested 
enough.     Drive  away. 


THE    BABY. 

Ann  has  a  little  brother.  He  is  a 
baby.  She  loves  to  sit  on  the  carpet 
with    him,  and  to   play  with  him.     One 


THE    BABY. 


47 


day  he  lost  his  rattle  ;  she  looked  under 
the  crickets,  and  in  the  cradle,  and  be- 
hind the  rocking-chair,  and  behind  the 
door,  but  she  could  not  find  it. 

Where  is  the  rattle  ?  Where  is  baby's 
rattle  ?  O,  here  it  is  in  mother's  basket. 
Ann  was  very  glad  to  find  it.  She  car- 
ried it  to  her  little  brother,  who  played 
with  it  a  great  while. 


Here    is    a     picture    of    Ann's    little 
brother  lying  in  a  cradle. 

His  mother  is  kneeling  down    by  the 


48  THE    BABY. 

cradle,  rocking  him  to  sleep.  She  holds 
up  her  finger,  and  says,  "Walk  softly, 
Ann."  Ann  will  not  wake  up  her  baby 
brother.     O  no  indeed. 

She  will  take  her  little  cricket  and  sit 
down  by  the  cradle.  She  can  rock  it 
when  mother  goes  away.  And  she  will 
wait  patiently  till  her  little  brother  wakes 
up,  and  then,  if  he  wants  to  play,  she 
will  find  him  his  rattle  again,  or  roll  him 
the  ball,  or  give  him  her  doll,  that  he 
may  put  his  finger  on  her  black  eyes. 

When  Ann's  little  brother  sits  on  the 
carpet,  she  takes  care  of  him.  If  she 
should  snatch  away  his  piece  of  cake,  she 
would  be  a  bad  girl.  If  she  should  make 
him  tumble  over,  she  would  be  a  bad  girl. 
If  she  were  to  pull  away  his  stick,  or 
strike  him,  she  would  be  a  bad  girl. 
But  she  does  not  do  any  of  these  naugh- 
ty things.  She  is  always  kind  to  her  little 
baby  brother. 


49 


COWS    IN    THE    WATER. 

There  are  two  cows  standing  in  the 
water.  "  Cow,  cow,  why  do  you  stand 
there,  with  your  feet  in  the  water  ?  " 

"  Because  it  is  cool,  and  shady,  and 
pleasant  here." 

"  Where  have  you  been  all  day  ?  " 

"  We  have  been  in  the  fields,  eating 
the  grass,  till  the  sun  was  high,  and  it 
c  5 


50  COWS    IN    THE    WATER. 

became  so  warm  that  we  could  not  stay 
any  longer.  So  we  thought  we  would 
come  here  to  drink,  and  to  stand  in  the 
water.  It  is  very  cool  and  pleasant  here 
in  the  water." 

"  That  is  a  very  good  plan,  cow.  But 
it  seems  to  me,  you  are  holding  up  your 
tail,  and  whisking  it  about.  Why  do  you 
whisk  your  long  tail  about  so  ?  " 

"To  brush  off  the  flies." 

' '  Do  the  flies  hurt  you  ?  " 

"  Yes,  they  bite  us,  and  we  swing  our 
tails  about  on  our  sides  and  on  our  backs, 
to  brush  them  off." 

"  Is  that  what  your  long  tail  is  for  ?  " 

"  Yes,  that  is  what  our  long  tails  are 
for." 

"  Well,  cow,  how  many  eyes  have  you 
got?     I  only  see  one  eye." 

"  O !  but  one  eye  is  on  the  other  side." 

"  And  what  do  you  have  one  eye  on 
one  side,  and  one  on  the  other  for  ?  " 


JOHN,    JAMES,    AND    HARRY.       51 

"  0 !  so  that  we  can  see  when  the 
dogs  come  to  trouble  us." 

"  Do  the  dogs  trouble  you,  cow  ?  " 

"  Yes.  The  dogs  come  barking  about 
us  sometimes.  But  we  run  after  them, 
and  frighten  them  away." 

There  are  two  ladies  standing  on  the 
bank.  They  have  been  to  take  a  walk. 
One  lady  has  something  in  her  hand. 
What  do  you  think  it  is  ?  It  looks  like  a 
parasol. 

That  black  cow  is  looking  at  the  ladies 
as  if  she  was  afraid  of  them.  But  don't 
you  be  afraid,  black  cow ;  they  won't 
hurt  you. 


JOHN,    JAMES,    AND    HARRY. 

Once  there  were  three  boys,  named 
John,  James,  and  Harry.  Do  you  see 
John,  James,  and  Harry  ?     Their  fathers 


52       JOHN,   JAMES,   AND    HARRY. 

gave  them  some  kites ;  and  they  thought 
they  would  go  out  into  the  fields  and  fly 
their  kites.  Do  you  see  their  kites  ? 
John  stood  up  to  fly  his  kite.  Do  you 
see  John  standing  up  ?     Touch  him. 


James  sat  down  to  fly  his  kite.  Do 
you  see  James  sitting  down  to  fly  his 
kite  ?     Touch  him. 

Harry's  kite  wanted  mending,  so  he 
stooped  down  to  mend  it.  Do  you  see 
Harry  stooping  down  to  mend  his  kite  ? 
Touch  him. 


JOHN,  JAMES,  AND  HARRY.   53 

James's  kite  was  high  in  the  air. 
Touch  his  kite.  His  kite  had  a  long 
tail.     Touch  its  tail. 

John's  kite  was  high  in  the  air  too. 
Touch  John's  kite.  It  had  a  long  tail 
too.  Touch  its  tail.  John's  kite's  tail, 
had  a  tassel  at  the  end  of  it.  Touch  the 
tassel. 

Harry's  kite  was  down  in  his  lap. 
Touch  Harry's  kite.  It  had  a  long  tail 
too,  king  curled  along  the  ground. 
Touch  the  tail  curling  along  upon  the 
ground.  Harry's  kite  had  a  beautiful 
star  upon  it  too.  Touch  the  star.  It  had 
two  circles  upon  it  too.     Touch  the  circles. 

Touch  James's  ball  of  twine.  Touch 
John's  ball  of  twine.  The  twine  is 
wound  upon  sticks. 

I  can  see  the  house,  a  great  way  off, 
where  John,  James,  and  Harry  live.     Can 
you  see  the  house  ?     Touch   the   house. 
There  are  trees  all  around  it. 
5* 


54  THE    COTTAGE, 

I  wonder  how  long  John,  James,  and 
Hany  will  stay  out,  flying  their  kites  ? 
Perhaps  their  father  will  come  to  the 
door  pretty  soon,  and  call,  —  "James! 
John !  Harry !  I  want  you  to  come  in." 
Then  John,  James,  and  Harry  will  take 
their  kites,  and  run  quick  to  know  what 
their  father  wants.  Good  hoys  always 
run  quick  when  they  are  called. 


THE    COTTAGE. 

This  is  a  picture  of  a  cottage.  A  cot- 
tage is  a  small  house.  I  think  this  is  a 
beautiful  cottage.  It  has  two  windows 
and  one  door.  Two  children  live  in  this 
cottage,  with  their  father  and  mother. 
Their  father  has  bought  them  a  new 
book,  and  they  have  come  out  to  sit  down 
and  read  it. 

What  is  that  hanging  over  their  heads  ? 


THE    COTTAGE 


55 


It  is  a  cage.     What  is  that  standing  at 
the  door  ?     It  is  a  broom.     Children,  you 


ought  not  to  have  left  the  broom  there  in 
the  door.  That  is  not  the  place  for  the 
broom.  The  little  boy  has  been  riding 
the  broom  around  the  yard.  He  called 
it  his  horse.  And  now  he  has  got  a  new 
book,  he  has  put  the  broom  in  the  door- 
way, instead  of  carrying  it  in,  and  putting 
it  in  its  place,  as  he  ought  to  do.  Little 
boy,  you  had  better  go  and  put  the  broom 


56  THE    COTTAGE. 

back  in  its  place,  where  it  belongs,  and 
then  come  and  read  jour  book. 

Now,  I  will  tell  you  the  difference  be- 
tween good  children  and  bad  children, 
when  they  have  a  new  book.  I  will  tell 
you  what  good  children  do,  when  they 
get  a  new  book,  and  what  bad  children 
do. 

Good  children  take  their  book  and  go 
together  and  sit  down  somewhere,  pleas- 
antly, and  read  it,  and  look  at  the  pic- 
tures. Each  one  waits  until  the  other 
has  seen  a  picture  as  much  as  he  wants 
to,  and  then  they  turn  over  a  new  leaf. 
They  talk  about  the  pictures  too,  and 
enjoy  the  book  together. 

But  bad  children  do  not  do  so.  They 
begin  to  quarrel  for  the  book.  They  pull 
it  away  from  one  another.  And  they 
scream  and  cry,  and  their  father  or  mother 
has  to  come  and  take  it  away  from  them. 
Now,  I  want  you  to  look  at  this  picture, 


THE    THREE    EGGS. 


57 


and  tell  me  whether  you  think  these 
children  are  good  children  or  bad  chil- 
dren. 


THE    THREE    EGGS. 

Here  is  a  branch  of  a  tree.  A  branch, 
did  I  say  ?  Is  it  one  branch,  or  two 
branches  ?  There  are  two  branches,  and 
both  branches  are  covered  with  leaves. 
What  is  that  in  the  middle  of  the 
branches  ?  It  is  a  bird's  nest,  with  some 
eggs  in  it.  How  many  eggs  ?  You  may 
count  them.  It  seems  to  me  that  I  re- 
member  something  about  another    bird's 


58  THE    THREE    EGGS. 

nest  in  this  book.  Was  there  not  a 
picture  of  another  bird's  nest  ?  We  will 
turn  back  and  see  if  we  can  find  it. 

What  was  in  that  other  bird's  nest  ? 
Birds.  And  what  is  in  this  bird's  nest  ? 
Eggs.  How  many  birds  were  there  in 
the  other  nest  ?  Three.  And  how  many 
eggs  are  there  in  this  nest  ?     Three. 

Do  you  know  what  there  is  in  those 
little  white  eggs  ?  Why,  there  is  some- 
thing there  which  turns  into  birds.  The 
large  bird  sits  upon  the  eggs,  and  keeps 
them  warm ;  and  by  and  by,  after  a 
great  many  days,  a  little  bird,  a  very  lit- 
tle bird,  begins  to  grow  inside  of  the 
egg.  A  little  bill  begins  to  grow,  and 
little  wings,  and  two  little  claws.  After 
a  while,  the  little  bird  in  the  egg  begins 
to  be  strong,  and  he  taps  with  his  bill 
upon  the  shell,  and  breaks  it  open,  and 
creeps  out. 

Then  what  do  you  think  the  old  birds 


THE    THREE    EGGS.  59 

do  with  the  broken  egg-shell  ?  What 
would  you  do  with  it  if  you  were  they  ? 
I  will  tell  you  what  they  do.  They  take 
up  the  old  shells,  and  throw  them  away 
out  of  the  nest.  Then  they  have  nothing 
but  three  little  birds  in  the  nest. 

There  are  generally  two  large  birds  to 
every  nest,  and  three  or  four  little  ones 
When  the  little  ones  have  grown  up,  they 
fly  away,  and  make  nests  for  themselves. 

I  wonder  why  the  old  birds  have  not 
built  their  nest  up  in  a  tree.  Why  didn't 
they  make  it  on  the  ground  ?  1  have 
seen  birds'  nests  down  upon  the  ground, 
but  generally  they  are  up  high  on  a  tree. 
What  do  you  suppose  is  the  reason  they 
are  generally  up  high  on  a  tree  ?  I  think 
I  know  why  the  birds  build  them  up  high 
on  a  tree.  I  think  they  put  them  up 
high,  so  that  they  may  be  out  of  the 
way  of  mischievous  boys.  I  know  some 
naughty   boys  who  like   to  go  and  steal 


60  THE    HOOP. 

the  birds'  nests  with  the  little  birds  in 
them.  Some  day,  when  the  old  birds 
have  gone  away  to  get  something  for  the 
little  birds  to  eat,  the  naughty  boy  comes 
and  steals  the  nest,  and  carries  it  away 
to  play  with.  He  thinks  he  has  got 
a  very  pretty  plaything.  But  presently 
the  old  birds  come  home,  and  they  come 
flying  about,  to  find  the  nest ;  but  the 
naughty  boy  has  carried  the  nest  away 
to  play  with,  and  the  poor  birds  have  lost 
the  nest  and  all  the  pretty  little  birds. 
The  poor  birds  feel  very  sorry.  They 
have  to  go  and  make  another  nest,  and 
they  build  it  up  high,  so  that  the  naughty 
boys  cannot  reach  it. 


THE    HOOP. 
Once   there   was   a   little  boy   named 
Frank,  and    he    had    a   large    straw  hat. 
One  day  he  thought  he  would  go  out  and 


THE    HOOP, 


61 


drive  his  hoop.  So  he  put  his  straw  hat 
on  his  round,  curly  head,  and  went  out 
to  drive  his  hoop. 


^\^C^ 


There  was  a  beautiful  garden  near  the 
house.  There  was  a  gardener  in  the 
garden.  Do  you  see  the  gardener  ?  I 
see  his  head  there,  among  the  trees. 
Touch  his  head. 

Well,  as  Frank  was  driving  his  hoop 
6 


62  THEHOOP 

down  a  little  hill,  it  went  into  the  water. 
Do  you  see  the  hoop  rolling  down  the 
hill  ?  There  it  goes.  It  is  almost  in  the 
water.  Frank,  if  you  don't  take  care, 
you  will  go  into  the  water  too.  You 
must  be  qareful  not  to  fall  into  the  water. 
You  had  better  let  your  hoop  run  into  the 
water,  and  then  it  will  float ;  and  you 
can  take  your  stick  and  draw  it  out 
again. 

If  you  should  drop  a  knife,  or  a  pair  of 
scissors,  or  any  thing  made  of  iron,  into 
the  water,  it  would  sink.  It  would  not 
float.  But  if  you  should  drop  a  stick,  or 
a  hoop,  or  any  thing  made  of  wood,  into 
the  water,  it  would  float  on  the  top  of 
the  water. 

When  you  take  your  hoop  out  of  the 
water,  Frank,  you  must  lay  it  in  the  sun  ; 
the  sun  will  dry  it,  so  that  you  can  play 
with  it  again  in  a  little  while. 

Can   you  think  of  any   things   which 


THEHOOP.  63 

would  sink,  if  you  should  drop  them  into 
the  water  ? 

Can  you  think  of  any  things  which 
would  float,  if  you  drop  them  into  the 
water  ? 

What  form  is  the  hoop  ? 

Can  you  think  of  any  thing  else  that  is 
round  ? 

What  should  you  think  was  the  shape 
of  the  hat  ? 

Does  it  look  round  in  the  picture  ? 

Do  you  think  it  is  really  round  ? 

Where  is  your  hat  ?  Go  see  if  you  can 
find  it.  O  !  there  it  is,  hanging  up  on 
the  nail.  You  were  a  good  boy,  to  hang 
it  up  on  the  nail.  Now  put  your  hat  on 
your  head,  and  we  will  go  out«and  see  if 
we  can  find  a  hoop  any  where,  and  then 
we  can  drive  hoop  like  Frank. 


64 


JANE  AND  PUSS. 
Why,  there  is  puss !  What  a  fine  great 
puss  she  is !  I  wonder  if  she  is  a  black 
puss.  She  is  a  black  puss.  She  is  not 
very  black  in  the  picture.  v  That  little 
girl  is  taking  hold  of  puss's  paw.  Do  you 
think  she  is  hurting  puss  ?  No ;  puss 
stands  still.  The  little  girl  is  not  hurting 
her,  she  is  only  playing  with  her.  I 
wonder   what   the    little    girl's   name    is. 


JANE    AND    PUSS.  65 

Perhaps  it  is  Jane.  We  will  call  her 
Jane.  I  should  think  Jane  was  a  kind 
little  girl.  Puss  does  not  seem  afraid 
of  her.  She  stands  playing  with  Jane. 
Pussies  are  never  afraid  of  kind  little 
girls  and  boys. 

O !  there  is  a  little  kitten  playing 
with  a  ball.  What  a  good  time  she 
has !  Only  give  kitten  something  to 
play  with,  and  she  will  be  very  good,  and 
not  make  any  trouble.  She  likes  to  have 
a  ball  to  play  with,  very  much.  She 
likes  a  ball  because  she  can  roll  it  about 
She  only  has  to  touch  it  with  her  paw, 
and  it  goes  rolling  round  all  over  the 
room.  I  wonder  what  kind  of  a  ball  it 
is.  I  hope  it  is  not  one  of  Jane's  balls  of 
cotton.  O  !  no  ;  Jane  keeps  her  cotton, 
and  her  needles,  and  her  thimble,  all  in 
her  little  bag.  She  does  not  leave  her 
things  about  for  Kitty  to  get  hold  of.  I 
saw  a  kitten  once  playing  with  some 
c*  6* 


66  JANEANDPUSS. 

knitting-work.  She  jumped  up  on  the 
table,  and  knocked  off  the  ball  of  yarn 
with  her  paw,  and  then  she  jumped  down 
again,  and  began  to  play  with  the  ball  of 
yarn.  She  made  it  roll  under  the  chairs, 
and  under  the  table,  and  the  yarn  was  all 
entangled  about  the  legs  of  the  table 
and  the  chairs.  Pretty  soon,  a  little  girl 
came  in,  and  found  her  knitting  on  the 
floor,  and  her  yarn  all  running  criss-cross 
about  the  room,  and  entangled  in  the  legs 
of  the  chairs  and  the  table.  The  little 
girl  said,  "O!  Kitty,  kitty,  what  a 
naughty  kitty  you  are !  You  can't  knit, 
kitty.  What  are  you  doing  with  my 
work  ?  "  She  was  a  kind  little  girl ;  so 
she  did  not  strike  the  kitty,  but  she  un- 
tangled the  yarn,  and  wound  it  up  upon 
the  ball,  and  put  her  knitting  in  a  drawer, 
where  kitty  could  not  get  at  it. 


67 


THE    SPIDER'S    WEB. 

Do  you  see  the  spider's  web  up  in  the 
corner  ?  See  how  that  boy  is  gazing  at 
it.  Some  boys  are  afraid  of  a  spider's 
web.  Are  you  afraid  of  a  spider's  web  ? 
How  can  a  spider's  web  hurt  any  body  ? 
Spiders  do  not  hurt  any  body  either.  I 
know  a  boy  who  went  out  one  day  to 
swing  in  the  barn.     But  he  looked  up  in 


68  THE    SPIDER'S    WEB. 

a  corner,  and  he  saw  a  great  many  spi- 
ders' webs.  So  he  said,  "  I  will  not  go 
into  that  cobwebby  place." 

The  way  to  clear  away  cobwebs  is  to 
take  a  broom  with  a  long  handle,  and 
reach  up  and  sweep  them  off.  Cobwebs 
do  not  look  very  well  in  the  parlor.  Let 
me  see  if  there  are  any  in  this  room 
where  we  are.  You  look,  too.  Look  all 
round  the  walls  and  in  the  corners.  Do 
you  see  any  ?  No.  They  are  all  swept 
away.  We  must  have  no  cobwebs  in  the 
parlor,  and  none  in  the  kitchen,  and  none 
in  the  chambers.  The  spiders  must  be 
kept  out  of  the  parlor,  and  out  of  the 
kitchen,  and  out  of  the  chambers.  But 
we  will  let  them  make  their  webs  in  the 
barn. 

Do  you  know  how  the  spiders  go  to 
work  to  make  their  webs  ?  Look  at  the 
middle  of  the  web  in  the  picture.  The 
spider  begins  at  the  middle,  and  he  spins 


THE    SPIDER'S    WEB.  69 

the  little  fine  threads  all  out,  every  way, 
until    he    has   made  a  great  broad    web. 

What  do  you  think  the  spider's  web  is 
for?  The  spider  catches  flies  in  his  web. 
The  spiders  eat  flies.  When  the  flies 
come  upon  the  spider's  web,  they  are 
caught.  Their  feet  stick  fast  in  the  web, 
and  then  they  are  caught.  The  flies 
cannot  walk  upon  the  web.  What  do 
you  suppose  is  the  reason  that  spiders  can 
walk  upon  their  web,  and  flies  cannot? 
I  think  there  must  be  some  difference  in 
their  feet.  The  spiders  can  move  about 
very  easily  indeed,  but  the  poor  flies  get 
entangled  as  soon  as  they  try  to  walk 
upon  the  web,  and  then  the  spiders  catch 
the  flies  and  eat  them.  I  think,  if  I  were 
a  fly,  I  should  be  very  careful  to  keep  out 
of  the  way  of  spiders'  webs. 

That  little  girl  in  the  picture  is  afraid 
to  go  near  the  spider's  web.  What  are 
you   afraid    of,    little  girl  ?     Spiders   will 


70 


THE    FLOWERS 


not  touch  little  girls  and  boys.  They 
only  want  to  catch  poor  flies.  Little 
girl,  go  up  and  see  the  spider  in  his  web. 
Pretty  soon  somebody  will  come  with  a 
broom,  and  sweep  the  cobweb  away. 


THE    FLOWERS. 


— , — \ ■■  •■  i 


There  is  a  girl  with  a  basket  of  flow- 
ers. What  a  beautiful  basket  of  flowers 
she  has  got !     She  wanted  to  have  some 


THE    FLOWERS.  71 

flowers  to  put  upon  the  mantel-piece ;  so 
she  put  on  her  shawl,  and  took  her  basket 
upon  her  arm,  and  went  down  to  the 
meadow,  and  there  she  has  found  some 
beautiful  ones.  Is  there  anv  thins;  besides 
flowers  in  the  basket  ?  Yes  ;  there  are 
some  leaves.  Leaves  are  green,  and 
flowers  are  blue,  and  red,  and  yellow. 
They  are  not  green,  and  red,  and  blue 
in  the  picture,  because  they  could  not 
make  the  colors  in  the  picture,  very  well. 
But  they  are  green,  and  red,  arid  blue,  in 
reality. 

Which  do  you  think  are  prettiest,  green 
leaves,  or  blue,  and  red,  and  yellow  flow- 
ers ?  How  should  you  like  to  see  a  rose 
bush  without  any  leaves  ?  How  would 
the  bush  look,  when  all  the  roses  were 
gone,  if  there  were  no  leaves  upon  it  ? 
Trees,  you  know,  have  nothing  but  leaves 
upon  them.  There  are  no  flowers,  gen- 
erally, upon  large    trees.     Are   not  trees 


72  THE    FLOWERS. 

pretty  ?  What  are  the  leaves  good  tor 
upon  the  trees  ?  The  leaves  make  the 
shade.  When  do  we  want  to  have  it 
shady,  in  the  summer,  or  in  the  winter  ? 
In  the  winter  we  wish  the  sun  to  shine 
upon  us,  to  make  us  warm  ;  so  we  do  not 
want  to  have  any  leaves  upon  the  trees. 

Look  at  the  girl  in  the  picture.  How 
fast  she  is  tripping  along.  She  wants  to 
get  home  quick,  so  as  to  put  her  flowers 
in  some  water.  Flowers  wither  and  fade 
very  quick,  if  they  are  not  put  in  water. 

See  how  the  wind  blows.  It  has  al- 
most blown  the  girl's  shawl  off.  The 
wind  bends  the  bushes  almost  to  the 
ground.  What  curious-looking  trees  those 
are  up  by  the  house  !  I  never  saw  any 
trees  just  like  those.  They  are  not  like 
the  trees  we  can  see  over  the  top  of  that 
wall,  and  out  behind  the  girl. 

O!  there  is  a  man,  just  behind  the 
tree.     He  is  so  small  we  did  not  see  him. 


THE    FLOWERS.  73 

What  has  he  got  in  his  hands  ?  Can  you 
tell  what  it  is  ?  See,  he  has  it  up  to  his 
mouth.  He  is  blowing  into  it.  It  is  a 
flute.  It  makes  music.  See  how  the 
dog  looks  up  in  his  face.  The  dog  seems 
to  like  to  hear  the  music. 

There  are  some  cows.  One  of  them  is 
resting  herself  upon  the  ground.  One  of 
them  is  cropping  the  grass,  and  there  is 
another  standing  still.  What  sober  faces 
all  three  of  the  cows  have !  Cows  al- 
ways look  sober,  I  think.  Did  you  ever 
see  a  cow  laugh  ?  Little  boys  laugh  when 
they  are  happy  ;  sometimes  they  laugh 
very  loud,  when  they  are  having  a  good 
time  out  in  the  field.  The  cows  have 
very  good  times  eating  the  nice  fresh 
grass.  But  the  cows  never  laugh.  How 
droll  it  would  sound  to  hear  a  cow  laugh ! 

But  the  cows  make  a  noise,  sometimes. 
Do  you  know  what  kind  of  a  noise  a  cow 
makes  ?     Let  me  hear  you  make  a  noise 

d  7 


74  TOM    BADBOI. 

like  a  cow.  Can't  you  make  a  noise  like 
a  cow?  Well,  I  will  make  a  noise  like 
a  cow,  and  then  you  may  try.  This  is 
the  noise  the  cow  makes  —  Moo-oo-oo  !  — 
Moo-oo-oo !  Now,  you  say,  Moo-oo-oo ! 
—  Moo-oo-oo ! 


TOM    BADBOY 


Here  is  a  picture  of  Tom  Badboy. 
He  is  riding  upon  a  poor  goat's  back. 
His  mother  told  him,  the  other  day,  that 
he  must  never  ride  the  goat.     Tom,  you 


TOM    BADBOT.  75 

are  a  very  naughty  boy,  not  to  mind  your 
mother.  And  don't  you  know  that  poor 
goat  is  not  strong  enough  to  carry  boys 
upon  her  back  ?  Where  is  she  going  to 
carry  you,  Tom  ?  Are  you  going  up 
against  that  great,  high,  rocky  bank  ? 

Tom  is  holding  on  by  the  goat's  horns. 
Her  horns  are  turned  back.  Are  the 
cow's  horns  turned  back  ?  Let  us  find  a 
picture  of  the  cow,  and  see  if  her  horns 
are  turned  back.  No,  her  crooked  horns 
are  not  turned  back  like  the  goat's. 

Tom  has  got  his  hat  in  his  hand.  Why 
don't  you  put  your  hat  upon  your  head, 
Tom  ?  How  Tom's  hair  looks !  He 
looks  frightened.  Tom  always  cries, 
when  his  mother  wants  to  brush  and 
comb  his  hair.  What  a  silly  boy,  not  to 
want  to  have  his  hair  brushed  !  How  a 
little  bov  looks,  with  his  hair  all  sticking 
up  and  flying  about !  Do  you  cry  when 
your  hair  is  brushed  ?     You  like  to  have 


76  TOM    BADBOY. 

your  hair  look  smooth  and  nice.  Tom 
Badboy  always  cries  when  he  has  his 
face  washed.  What  a  boy,  to  cry  when 
he  has  his  face  washed  !  Do  you  cry 
when  your  face  is  washed  ?  I  met  Tom 
Badboy  one  day,  and  he  had  a  very  dirty 
face.  I  met  him  in  the  garden,  chasing 
the  goat.  Poor  goat !  She  was  crying, 
"  ba-a-ah  !  ba-a-ah  !  "  But  Tom  kept 
chasing  her,  and  the  goat  kept  crying, 
"  ba-a-ah  !  ba-a-ah  !  "  Tom  ought  not 
to  chase  and  trouble  the  goat.  Goats 
are  pretty  and  kind.  Some  goats  are 
black,  and  some  are  white,  and  some  are 
spotted  black  and  white. 

Shall  I  tell  you  some  more  about  Tom  ? 
One  day,  Tom  went  into  the_  closet  to 
steal  a  lump  of  sugar.  He  reached  up  to 
the  shelf,  and  he  took  down  the  sugar- 
bowl,  and  he  put  in  his  fingers  to  take 
out  a  lump.  But  when  he  put  in  his 
fingers  to   take  out  a  lump,   he  heard  a 


TOM    BADBOY.  77 

mouse  come  creeping  along  behind  the 
dishes.  Naughty  Tom  was  very  much 
frightened  when  he  heard  the  little  mouse 
creeping  along  to  find  his  hole.  And 
Tom  was  so  frightened,  that  he  let  the 
sugar-bowl  fall  out  of  his  hands.  The 
sugar-bowl  fell  upon  the  floor,  and  was 
broken  to  pieces.  All  the  sugar  was 
scattered  upon  the  floor,  and  then  naughty 
Tom  was  afraid  that  his  mother  would 
come  in,  and  find  the  sugar-bowl  broken, 
and  all  the  sugar  strewed  upon  the  floor. 
Good  boys  are  never  afraid  to  have  their 
mother  come  into  the  room.  It  is  only 
the  bad  boy  that  is  afraid  to  have  his 
mother  come  into  the  room.  Tom  Bad- 
boy  must  never  go  into  the  closet  to  steal 
a  lump  of  sugar,  and  then  he  will  not  be 
afraid  to  have  his  mother  see  him. 
7  * 


78 


THE    GARDEN 


Here  is  a  beautiful  garden.  What  a 
handsome  flower  there  is  in  that  pot  in 
the  corner!  In  the  left  hand  corner,  I 
mean.  There  are  several  flower-pots 
farther  off,  in  the  right  hand  corner. 
There  are  a  good  many  small  pots  in  the 
middle  of  the  picture  too.  Let  us  count 
the  pots.  One,  two,  three,  four,  five, 
six,  seven.     The  children  have  come  out 


THE    GARDEN.  79 

to  water  the  plants.  Plants  need  water 
just  as  much  as  children  do.  My  gera- 
niums would  all  wither  and  die,  if  I  should 
not  water  them  sometimes.  Plants  must 
have  air  too.  If  I  were  to  put  one  of  my 
flower-pots  in  a  box,  and  shut  it  up  tight 
from  the  air,  it  would  die  very  soon. 
And  plants  want  the  light  too.  They 
will  not  grow  in  a  dark  place. 

Joseph  has  got  a  spade  in  his  hand. 
Do  you  see  Joseph  ?  His  father  has 
given  him  a  little  piece  of  ground,  in  a 
part  of  the  garden  that  we  cannot  see.  It 
is  back  of  that  clump  of  little  trees.  He 
goes  there  and  works  in  his  garden  a  little 
while  every  day.  He  is  very  careful  to 
clear  out  all  the  weeds  and  stones,  and 
he  digs  up  the  ground  about  the  roots  of 
the  plants,  so  as  to  make  them  grow  well. 
His  father  gave  him  some  seeds,  and  he 
has  raised  some  very  pretty  flowers.  He 
has  been  at  work  in  his  own  garden,  and 


80  THE    GARDEN. 

now  he  has  come  to  look  at  his  sister's 
flowers. 

Joseph  is  not  a  selfish  boy.  He  wants 
his  sisters  to  have  pretty  flowers,  as  well 
as  himself.  But,  Joseph,  what  makes, 
you  get  down  upon  the  ground  ?  You 
will  spoil  your  clothes.  Harriet  does  not 
kneel  upon  the  ground  to  water  her 
flowers.  It  would  make  her  cambric 
frock  look  finely,  if  she  were  to  kneel 
down  upon  the  ground.  Careful  girls 
and  boys  always  try  to  keep  their  clothes 
neat,  while  they  are  at  play.  They  do 
not  like  to  make  their  mother  any  more 
trouble  than  is  necessary. 

There  is  a  hill  out  there,  behind  the 
trees,  where  Joseph  and  his  sisters  have 
fine  times  running  and  sliding  down  in  the 
winter.  In  the  summer  afternoons,  when 
it  is  cool,  and  they  have  learned  their  les- 
sons, and  done  their  work,  they  go  out  to 
the  hill,  and  have  a  good  play.     In  winter, 


THE    GOAT,    UP    HIGH.  81 

when  the  bank  is  covered  with  snow,  they 
can  slide,.  Joseph  has  a  delightful  place 
to  play  in.  Should  not  you  like  to  have 
a  run  in  that  garden  ? 


THE    GOAT,    UP    HIGH. 

Once  there  was  a  boy  who  climbed 
upon  the  back  of  a  chair,  and  tumbled 
down  and  hurt  him  very  much.  Little 
children  should  not  climb.  Large  boys 
may  climb  sometimes ;  and  sailors  can 
climb  up  the  lofty  masts  of  the  ships  ; 
and  goats  can  climb  up  the  rocks  and 
mountains. 

Here  is  a  goat,  up  high  upon  the  rocks 
and  mountains.  Should  you  not  think 
he  would  fall  ?  No,  he  will  not  fall. 
His  feet  are  made  so  as  not  to  slip.  He 
is  very  careful. 

There  is  a  lady  and  a  child  looking  up 


«Z  THE    GOAT,    UP    HIGH. 

to  him.  They  have  come  out  to  take  a 
walk,  and  to  climb  the  rocks  and  moun- 
tains ;  but  they  cannot  climb  as  high  as 


the  goat.  Do  you  see  the  houses  and  the 
village,  away  down,  down,  down  in  the 
valley  ?  The  lady  and  the  child  live  down 
there,  1  think,  in  one  of  those  houses. 
They  must  go  back  carefully,  so  as  not 
to   slip,    and    fall,    and    hurt    themselves. 


ANOTHER    ROOSTER.  83 

Lady,  I  think  you  had  better  take  hold 
of  the  little  girl's  hand,  when  you  go 
down. 

The  goat  has  a  long  beard  and  a  short 
tail,  and  his  horns  turn  back.  Do  you 
remember  a  picture  in  this  book,  of  a 
boy  riding  on  a  goat?  What  was  that 
boy's  name  ?  Did  that  goat's  horns  turn 
back  ? 

You  may  look,  and  tell  me  if  you  can 
find  that  picture. 

There  are  some  other  goats  in  this 
picture. 

How  many  ? 

How  many  in  all  ? 


ANOTHER    ROOSTER. 

Do  you  remember  a  picture  of  a  rooster 
in  this  book  ?  We  will  see  if  we  can 
find  it. 


84  ANOTHER   ROOSTER. 

Here  is  another  rooster. 
Why  is  he  called  a  rooster  ?     Do  you 
remember  ? 


In  this  picture  is  a  rooster,  a  hen,  and 
three  large  chickens.  The  -rooster  is 
crowing.  He  says,  cock-a-doodle-doo, 
cock-a-doodle-doo.  The  hen  is  picking 
up  something  from  the  ground.  The 
three  large  chickens  are  listening  to  hear 
the  rooster  crow. 


ANOTHER    ROOSTER.  85 

Do  you  see  the  beautiful  long  feathers 
in  the  rooster's  tail  ?  They  hang  down 
gracefully. 

There  is  a  large  hawk  up  in  the  air, 
flying.  He  is  holding  his  head  down.  I 
think  he  is  going  to  fly  down.  There 
are  a  great  many  little  birds  in  the  air 
too.  There  is  a  flock  of  little  birds. 
When  a  great  many  little  birds  are  flying 
together,  we  call  them  a  flock.  Some 
birds  fly  in  flocks,  and  some  fly  alone. 

I  think  the  hen  and  chickens  had  better 
go  away,  or  else  that  great  hawk  will 
come  and  catch  them.  Hawks  often 
catch  hens  and  chickens.  The  hawk  is 
very  strong  and  large.  The  one  in  this 
picture  does  not  look  very  large,  because 
he  is  up  high  in  the  air,  a  great  way  off; 
and  when  any  thing  is  a  great  way  off,  it 
does  not  look  very  large. 

Once  I  knew  a  boy  who  took  a  walk 
on  the  sea  shore  with  his  father.  While 
8 


86  ANOTHER    ROOSTER. 

they  were  there,  they  saw  some  men 
getting  into  a  boat,  to  sail  away.  The 
boy's  father  said, 

"  Do  you  see  those  men  getting  into 
the  boat  ?  " 

"  Yes,  sir,"  said  the  boy. 

"  You  see,  too,  that  they  are  large 
men,  and  that  it  is  a  large  boat  ?" 

"  Yes,  sir,"  said  the  boy. 

"  Well,"  said  his  father,  "  now  wTe  will 
watch  them,  and  when  they  go  away, 
they  will  appear  to  grow  smaller  and 
smaller ;  and  when  they  are  a  great  wray 
off  on  the  water,  they  will  look  very 
small  indeed." 

So  the  boy  and  his  father  stood  still, 
and  watched  them  as  they  sailed  away  ; 
and  the  boat  began  to  look  smaller  and 
smaller,  and  the  men  began  to  look 
smaller  and  smaller :  until  at  length,  when 
the  boat  was  a  great  way  off,  it  was  just 


PONY.     POMP 


87 


as  his  father  had  said,  the  boat  and   the 
men  seemed  very  small  indeed. 

So  things  always  look  small  when  they 
are  a  great  way  off. 


PONY    POMP. 


Now    I    am    going  to  tell  you  a  good 
long  story  about  this  pony  Pomp. 

Do  you  see  that  tall  spire  of  the  church 


88  PONY    POMP. 

in  one  corner  of  the  picture  ?  Is  it  on 
the  right  hand,  or  on  the  left  hand  ? 

Well,  by  the  side  of  that  spire  1  can 
see  the  end  of  a  house.  The  man  who 
lives  in  that  house  has  a  boy  whose  name 
is  George.     He  is  a  good  boy. 

His  father  told  him  one  day  he  was 
going  to  buy  him  a  pony  —  a  white  pony 
—  and  that  his  name  was  pony  Pomp. 
He  bought  him  a  saddle  to  put  on  his 
back,  and  a  bridle  to  put  on  his  head,  and 
a  whip  to  make  him  go.  Can  you  see 
the  saddle  on  his  back  ?  Touch  it.  Can 
you  see  the  bridle  on  his  head  ?  Touch 
it.  Can  you  see  the  whip  to  make  him 
go  ?     Touch  it. 

When  pony  Pomp  came  home,  George 
thought  he  would  go  and  take  a  ride. 
So  he  put  on  his  flat-topped  cap,  and  took 
his  whip  in  his  right  hand,  and  the  bridle 
in  his  left  hand,  and  away  the  pony  trot- 
ted over  the  fields  and  far  away. 


PONY    POMP.  89 

Do  you  see  what  George  has  put  his 
foot  into  ?  It  is  something  hanging  down 
from  the  saddle.  It  is  a  stirrup ;  it  is  for 
George  to  put  his  foot  into,  so  that  he  can 
sit  firm  in  the  saddle.  There  is  another 
stirrup  on  the  other  side,  for  his  other 
foot. 

When  George  was  mounted  he  rode 
on,  over  the  fields  and  far  away.  At  last 
he  did  not  know  which  way  to  go.  But 
presently  he  looked  away  off  towards  his 
right  hand,  and  saw  a  guide-post.  Do 
you  know  what  a  guide-post  is  ?  I  will 
tell  you.  • 

It  is  a  tall  post,  standing  up  in  the 
ground,  with  some  boards  nailed  across  at 
the  top.  Can  you  see  the  guide-board  in 
this  picture  ?  Touch  it.  Can  you  see 
the  boards  nailed  across  at  the  top  ?  How 
many  are  there  ? 

Do  you  know  what  is  on  these  boards  ? 
There  are  words  painted  on  them,  telling 
d*  ft*. 


90  PONY   FOMP. 

travellers  which  way  to  go;  but  if  they 
cannot  read,  the  guide-post  will  do  them 
no  good. 

George  can  read.  So  George  rode  up 
to  the  guide-post,  and  found  out  which 
way  to  go.  So  he  had  an  excellent  ride, 
and  at  last  came  home.  He  put  his  pony 
in  the  barn,  and  he  hung  up  the  saddle  in 
its  place,  and  he  hung  up  the  bridle  in  its 
place,  and  he  hung  up  the  whip  in  its 
place,  and  then  he  went  into  the  house 
and  hung  up  his  hat  in  its  place,  and  then 
he  went  into  the  room  where  his  father 
was. 

"  George,"  said  his  father,  "  have  you 
had  a  good  ride  on  your  pony  Pomp  ?  " 

"  Yes,  father,"  said  George,  "  I  have 
had  an  excellent  ride ;  and  I  thank  you 
for  my  pony  Pomp." 


91 


tvpizs* 


THE    FARMER. 


There  is  a  man  leaning  over  the  gate. 
He  has  got  a  pipe  in  his  mouth.  See  the 
smoke  coming  out  of  his  pipe.  He  goes 
puff — puff — puff.  Sir,  do  you  love  to 
smoke  ?  He  has  got  a  mug  in  his  hand. 
Pretty  soon  he  is  going  to  get  some  water 
to  drink.  It  is  a  warm  day,  and  the  man 
has  no  coat  on.  What  has  he  got  on  his 
head  ?     Is  it  a  hat  ?     No  ;  it  is  a  cap. 


92  THE    FARMER. 

The  man  is  tired,  and  he  is  stopping  to 
rest.  He  has  been  at  work  upon  his 
farm.  Do  you  know  what  a  farm  is  ?  It 
is  a  great  piece  of  ground,  where  potatoes 
grow,  and  corn,  and  squashes,  and  onions, 
and  cabbages.  We  have  potatoes  for 
dinner  every  day.  The  potatoes  grow 
on  a  farm. 

The  man  who  stands  leaning  over  the 
gate  is  a  farmer.  He  has  got  some  po- 
tatoes growing  upon  his  farm. 

Pretty  soon  the  farmer's  potatoes  will 
be  ripe ;  and  the  farmer  will  call  his  boys 
to  come  and  help  him  pull  his  potatoes 
out  of  the  ground.  Then  the  boys  will 
get  some  barrels,  and  they  will  put  the 
potatoes  into  the  barrels. 

Then  the  farmer  will  put  the  barrels 
into  his  cart,  and  ride  to  town  to  sell  his 
potatoes.  He  will  come  and  knock  at 
the  door.     When  we  open  the  door,  we 


THE    FARMER.  93 

shall  see  the  farmer  with  his  cart  full  of 
potatoes.     The  farmer  will  say, 

"  Do  you  want  to  buy  a  bushel  of  po- 
tatoes to-day  ?  I  have  got  some  fine  po- 
tatoes to  sell." 

Then  we  shall  tell  him  to  bring  along 
his  potatoes,  and  we  shall  have  them  put 
into  the  cellar.  We  shall  pay  the  farmer 
for  his  potatoes.  Then  the  farmer  will 
jump  into  his  cart  again,  and  off  he  will 

The  farmer  has  to  work  very  hard,  and 
he  gets  very  tired,  so  he  has  come  to 
lean  over  the  gate  while  he  is  smoking 
his  pipe.  What  is  he  looking  at?  O, 
there  are  some  geese.  He  is  watching 
the  geese.  Do  you  see  the  geese  ?  The 
geese  are  looking  for  something  to  eat. 
Do  you  know  what  kind  of  a  noise  geese 
make  ?  They  make  a  noise  like  this, 
S — s —  s  —  s. 

Do   you   know  what   geese  are   good 


94        THE    GALLOPPING    HORSE. 

for?  We  had  a  goose  for  dinner,  the 
other  day.  By  and  by,  the  farmer  wilJ 
kill  his  geese,  and  put  them  into  his  cart, 
and  carry  them  off  to  sell.  He  will  take 
off  the  feathers  before  he  carries  the 
geese  to  sell.  Do  you  know  what  the 
feathers  are  good  for  ?  They  are  good 
to  put  into  beds.  You  sleep  on  a  bed. 
There  are  feathers  in  the  bed  that  you 
sleep  on. 

Geese,  what  do  you  find  on  the  ground 
there  ?  You  would  like  to  find  a  pool 
of  water  to  paddle  about  in,  I  suppose. 
Geese  love  to  paddle  about  in  the  water. 


THE    GALLOPING    HORSE. 

Here  goes  a  galloping  horse  ;  —  gal- 
loping, galloping,  leaping  and  galloping, 
and  a  great  many  dogs  running  too. 

Can  you  count  the   dogs  ?     One,  two, 


THE    GALLOPING    HORSE 


95 


three,  four,  five  dogs,  reaching  out  their 
heads,  and  lifting  up  their  tails.  How 
fast  they  run!  Horseman,  where  are  you 
going  so  fast?  Horseman,  where  are  you 
going  so  fast  ? 


He  does  not  tell.  He  is  lifting  up  his 
whip,  high  in  the  air.  Has  he  got  a  cap 
or  a  hat  on  his  head  ?  Has  he  got  boots 
or  shoes  on  his  feet  ?     What  are  his  feet 


96  THE    GALLOPING    HORSE. 

in  ?  Do  you  remember  the  name  of  the 
things  hanging  down  from  the  saddle 
for  him  to  put  his  feet  into  ?  There  is 
something  about  it  in  one  of  the  other 
stories. 

The  horse  is  leaping  over  a  brook.  Do 
you  see  the  water  in  the  brook  ?  The 
water  is  running  beautifully. 

There  is  one  very  little  thing  I  want 
you  to  see.  It  is  upon  the  heel  of  the 
horseman's  boot.  It  is  a  spur.  It  is  to 
prick  the  horse  with,  to  make  him  go 
faster.  But,  horseman,  horseman,  you 
must  not  prick  your  horse  with  your 
sharp  spur,  to  make  him  go  faster.  He 
is  going  as  fast  as  he  can  go,  now. 

There  is  a  house  at  a  distance  behind 
the  horse's  head,  and  a  garden,  with  a 
high  fence  around  it.  I  wonder  if  there 
are  any  boys  and  girls  playing  in  that  gar- 
den ;  —  should  you  like  to  go  in  and  see  ? 
I  am  glad  they  are  not  playing  out  in  the 


A    LAMB. 


97 


field,    for  perhaps  this  horse  would   run 
over  them. 


A   LAMB. 

Here  is  a  little  girl  trying  to  catch  a 
Jamb.     Little  girl,  you  frighten  the  lamb. 
See    how  he   runs    away  from   the   little 
e  9 


93  A    LAMB. 

girl.  The  lamb  is  running  to  find  his 
mother.  He  will  not  be  afraid  when  he 
has  found  his  mother. 

Do  you  know  what  the  lamb  has  upon 
his  back  ?  He  has  some  curling  wool 
upon  his  back.  The  wool  keeps  the  lit- 
tle lamb  warm.  By  and  by,  a  man  will 
come  with  a  great  pair  of  shears  and  cut 
off  the  wool  from  the  lamb's  back.  He 
will  put  the  wool  in  a  basket.  What 
will  the  man  do  with  the  basket  full  of 
wool  ?  He  will  carry  it  into  the  house. 
The  people  in  the  house  will  make  threads 
of  the  wool.  They  will  make  cloth  then 
out  of  the  threads.  What  is  cloth  ?  Let 
me  see  you  touch  some  cloth.  Woollen 
cloth  is  made  out  of  the  wool  that  comes 
off  the  lamb's  back. 

There  is  a  lamb  lying  down  behind  the 
little  girl.  Do  you  see  the  lamb  lying 
down  behind  the  little  girl  ?  Touch  the 
lamb.     Touch  his  ears.     Touch  his  feet. 


THE    SOLITARY    BIRD.  99 

Touch  his  eye.  Will  the  lamb  bite  ? 
No,  the  lamb  will  not  bite.  The  lamb  is 
gentle.  How  quiet  the  lamb  lies  !  The 
lamb  will  always  be  quiet  if  you  do  not 
hurt  him.  Little  girl,  you  must  not  hurt 
the  little  lamb  that  is  running  away. 
You  must  feed  the  little  lamb,  and  take 
care  of  him  when  he  is  sick. 


THE    SOLITARY    BIRD. 

Poor,  solitary  bird  !  She  has  nobody 
to  play  with.  She  has  been  flying 
about  the  fields  trying  to  find  some  other 
birds  to  sing  and  play  and  fly  with,  but 
she  cannot.  So  she  has  come  and  perch- 
ed upon  this  old  tree. 

Do  you  see  the  poor,  solitary  bird 
perched  upon  this  old  tree  ?  The  branches 
look  old  and  dead,  and  there  are  no  other 
birds  upon  them.     What  shall  this  poor, 


100 


THE    SOLITARY    BIRD. 


solitary  bird  do  for  somebody  to  sing  and 
play  with  ? 


There  is  a  house  away  off  in  the  pic- 
ture among  the  trees.  How  many  chim- 
neys are  there  ?  I  can  see  the  smoke 
coming  out  of  it.  There  must  be  a  fire 
in  the  house,  or  else  there  would  be  no 
smoke  coming  out  of  the  chimney.  And 
I  think  there  must  be  somebody  there 
sitting  by  the  fire,  or  else  there  would 


THE    SOLITARY    BIRD.  101 

be  no  fire.  But  I  do  not  think  there  are 
any  birds  in  that  house  ;  so  what  shall 
this  poor,  solitary  bird  do  for  somebody  to 
sing  and  play  with  ? 

Do  you  see  this  bird's  bill  ?  Touch 
her  bill.  What  do  you  think  she  does 
with  her  bill  ?  Why,  she  picks  up  little 
seeds  and  crumbs  with  her  bill. 

Has  the  little  bird  any  hands  ?  Look 
all  around,  and  see  if  she  has  any  hands. 
Has  she  any  thing  like  hands  ?  She  has 
claws.  Can  you  see  her  claws  ?  How 
many  claws  ?  What  does  she  do  with 
her  claws  ?  Which  should  you  rather 
have,  hands  or  claws  ? 

I  should  rather  have  claws  if  1  was  a 
bird,  and  hands  if  I  was  a  boy  or  girl. 

The  bird  has  a  little  round  eye  in  the 
side  of  her  head.     Touch  her  little  round 
eye.     I  rather  think  she  has  another  eye 
on  the  other  side  of  her  head. 
9* 


102 


THE    DOG. 


Oh  !  see  that  great  dog  run.  How 
fast  he  runs  !  How  he  springs  along  ! 
What  a  good  dog  he  is !     How  he  opens 


his  mouth !  Put  your  finger  in  his 
mouth.  Are  you  afraid  to  put  your 
finger  in  his  mouth  ?  He  cannot  bite. 
Pictures  cannot  bite. 


THE    DOG.  103 

What  is  the  dog  running  after  ?  Do 
you  see  what  he  is  trying  to  catch  ? 
O  !  I  see  what  he  is  trying  to  catch. 
Do  you  see  that  little  creature  with  his 
long  ears  turned  back  ?  What  is  that 
little  creature  with  his  long  ears  turned 
back  ? 

It  is  a  hare,  —  a  pretty  little  hare.  He 
looks  like  a  rabbit.  I  hope  the  dog  will 
not  catch  him. 

Here  is  a  man  coming  round  from 
behind  the  trees  on  a  horse.  And  there 
is  another  man  ;  that  makes  two  men, — 
and  there  is  another  man ;  that  makes 
three  men  and  one  great  dog,  all 
running  after  one  poor  little  hare.  I 
hope  they  will  not  catch  him.  Run, 
little  fellow,  run. 

Do  you  see  the  great  rock  behind  the 
dog  ?  There  are  some  trees  growing 
behind  it.  They  are  not  very  pretty 
trees,  but   I    should  like  to  go  to  walk 


104 


PIG,     PIG,    OLD    PIG. 


with  you  to  the  top  of  the  rock.  Only 
we  should  have  to  be  very  careful  and  not 
fall  down. 


PIG,    PIG,    OLD    PIG. 


"  Pig,  pig,  old  pig,  what  are  you 
doing  ?  " 

"  I  am  sitting  before  the  door  of  my 
house,  taking  care  of  my  children." 


PIG,    FIG,    OLD    PIG.  105 

"Why,  pig,  pig,  old  pig,  do  you  call 
that  black  hole  your  house  ?  It  seems  to 
me,  it  is  a  droll  sort  of  a  house." 

"  Yes,  it  is  my  house,  and  it  is  a  very 
good  house  too  for  me." 

"But,  pig,  there  are  no  windows  in  it." 

"  Well,  I  do  not  want  any  windows. 
It  has  a  door  for  me  to  go  in  and  out,  and 
some  good  warm  straw  on  the  top  to 
keep  me  warm  in  there." 

"  But,  old  grunter,  do  you  call  those 
little  things  your  children  ?  —  It  seems  to 
me  that  they  are  nothing  but  pigs." 

"Well,  if  they  are  pigs,  they' are  my 
children." 

"  How  many  children  have  you  got, 
Mrs.  Pig  ?  " 

"  I  do  not  know.  1  cannot  count. 
You  must  count  them." 

"  Well,  we  will  count  them.  One, 
two,  three,  four.  There  are  four.  What 
are  their  names,  Mrs.  Pig  ?  " 


106  PIG,    PIG,    OLD    PIG. 

"  They  have  no  names.  I  cannot  talk 
to  them  ;  so  it  would  do  no  good  to  have 
them  have  names." 

"  What  do  you  do  when  you  want 
them  to  come  to  you  ?  " 

"  I  grunt. " 

"  And  what  do  you  do  when  you  want 
them  to  go  away  ?  " 

"  Then  I  grunt  too." 

"  What,  always  grunt  ?  It  seems  to 
me  you  are  a  droll  pig,  to  do  nothing  but 
grunt  at  your  children.  But  good  bye, 
Mrs.  Pig ;  we  must  go  and  look  at  the 
next  picture." 

"  Uh  —  Uh,"  says  the  pig. 

Do  you  see  that  square  thing  before 
the  pig?  It  is  his  trough.  He  drinks 
out  of  it.  He  puts  his  mouth  down  into 
it,  and  drinks. 


107 


THE    STEPPING    STONES. 

Four  stones,  and  a  little  girl  standing 
upon  two  of  them.  The  girl  is  trying  to 
go  across  the  water  on  the  stones  so  as 
not  to  wet  her  feet  She  must  be  very 
careful  not  to  wet  her  feet,  for  it  would 


trouble    her  mother  to  change  her  shoes 
and  stockings. 

How  many  dogs  are  there  in  this  pic- 
ture? Is  the  girl  carrying  the  great  dog 
or  the  little  one  ?  The  great  dog  is  not 
afraid    of    wetting    his    feet.     He    goes 


108        THE    STEPPING    STONES. 

plunging  through  the  water,  looking  up 
to  the  little  girl  to  see  whether  she  is 
carrying  the  little  dog  safely. 

The  little  dog  is  looking  down  into  the 
water.  He  is  afraid  the  girl  will  drop 
him,  and  let  him  fall  in.  But  I  do  not 
think  the  little  girl  will  drop  him.  She 
will  be  very  careful. 

Do  you  see  the  houses  and  the  trees 
beyond  the  little  girl  ?  Do  you  think 
those  buildings  are  houses  ?  I  do  not ; 
because  there  are  no  chimneys,  and  only 
one  window,  and  people  could  not  live 
very  well  in  houses  without  windows  and 
chimneys.  I  rather  think  they  are  mills, 
with  great  wheels  in  them,  carried  round 
and  round  by  the  water. 

Good  bye,  little  girl.  I  hope  you  and 
the  little  dog  will  get  over  the  water 
safely.  I  should  like  to  know  where  you 
are  going  when  you  get  across. 


109 


mMkkt- -r      *& 
Hi 

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IBJ 


THE    DONKEY. 

"  My  bo j,  why  do  you  not  get  on  your 
horse  and  ride  ?  " 

"  This  is  not  a  horse." 

"What  is  it  then?" 

"  It  is  a  donkey." 

"  Well,  then,  why  do  you  not  get  on 
your  donkey  and  ride  ?  " 
10 


110  THE    DONKEY. 

"  I  am  going  to,  pretty  soon." 

The  boy  is  holding  his  whip  in  one 
hand,  and  taking  hold  of  the  bridle  close 
to  the  donkey's  head.  He  is  trying  to 
lead  him  along,  but  the  donkey  does  not 
seem  to  want  to  go  very  much. 

He  is  a  fine,  handsome  donkey.  "  You 
had  better  jump,  on  to  his  back,  my  boy." 
There  is  a  fine  saddle  on  his  back.  What 
is  that  hanging  down  from  the  saddle  ? 

"  Are  you  sure,  my  boy,  that  that  is 
not  a  horse  ?  " 

"  Yes." 

"  Why  ?  " 

"  Because  his  ears  are  larger  than  a 
horse's  ears,  and  his  head  and  mouth  are 
not  shaped  like  a  horse's  head  and  mouth, 
and  his  tail  is  not  like  a  horse's  tail." 

The  boy  has  a  cap  on  his  head.  It  is 
not  a  flat-topped  cap,  like  that  of  the  boy 
who  was  riding  on  the  horse.  We  will 
turn  back  to  that  picture,  and  see. 


OLD    MAN    ON    THE    ICE.  Ill 

This  boy  has  a  belt  around  his  waist, 
fastened  by  a  buckle.  Can  you  see  his 
waist,  and  his  belt,  and  his  buckle  ? 

"  Come,  my  boy,  jump  up  and  ride." 


THE    OLD    MAN    ON    THE    ICE. 

When  it  is  winter,  it  is  very  cold. 
When  it  is  summer,  it  is  warm ;  but 
when  it  is  winter,  it  is  very,  very  cold. 
The  water  freezes  in  the  winter,  and 
turns  to  ice.  There  is  water  in  the 
ground,  and  there  is  water  in  the  air. 
There  is  water  in  the  ponds  and  rivers. 
The  water  in  the  ponds  and  rivers  freezes 
and  turns  into  ice,  which  is  hard,  and 
smooth,  and  cold.  When  the  ice  is  all 
over  the  ponds  and  rivers,  we  can  walk 
upon  them.  The  water  that  is  floating 
about  in  the  air,  freezes  into  snow  and 
falls    down.     It  freezes  into  cold,  white, 


112 


OLD   MAN    ON    THE    ICE. 


beautiful  snow.     Then  it  falls  down  and 
covers  the  ground,   and  the  roads,  and  the 
houses.     It  covers  the  ice,  too,  which  is 
upon  the  rivers  and  ponds. 
Now  look  at  this  picture. 


It  is  winter  in  this  picture.  The  cold, 
white,  beautiful  snow  has  fallen  down 
from  the  clouds,  and  covered  the  trees, 
and  the  houses,  and  the  ground.  Do  }rou 
not  see  how  white  the  ground  and  the 
tops  of  the  houses  are  ?  What  makes 
them  look  so  white  ? 


OLD    MAN    ON    THE    ICE  113 

The  old  man  is  walking  on  the  ice  of 
the  pond.  In  the  summer  it  is  all  water 
where  he  stands.  Now  it  is  winter,  and 
the  water  is  frozen,  so  that  the  pond  is 
covered  with  ice.  Now  the  old  man  can 
walk  upon  it.  It  is  covered  with  snow, 
Do  you  see  the  old  man's  footsteps-  in  the 
snow  ?  Touch  the  old  man's  footsteps. 
See  what  a  large  track  is  made  by  his 
footsteps.  Should  you  think  that  the  old 
man's  feet  would  be  cold,  walking  on  the 
cold  snow  ?  I  think  his  feet  are  not  very 
cold,  for  he  has  warm  boots  and  stock- 
ings on. 

He  is  carrying  a  long  crooked  stick  in 
his  hand. 

"  Old  man,  what  are  you  going  to  do 
with  that  stick  ?  " 

"I  am  going  to  carry  it  across  the 
pond." 

"  What  are  you  going  to  carry  it  across 
the  pond  for  ? " 
e*  10* 


114  OLD    MAN    ON    THE    ICE. 

"  I  am  going  to  carry  it  home  to  my 
house." 

"But  your  house  is  behind  you,  old 
man ;  you  are  going  away  from  your 
house." 

"  0,  no,  that  is  not  my  house  behind 
me."    . 

"  Whose  house  is  that  ?  " 

"That  is  another  man's  house." 

"Well,  where  is  your  house,  old  man  ?  " 

"  It  is  where  I  am  going,  across  the 
pond." 

"But  we  cannot  see  your  house,  old 
man." 

"  No,  I  know  you  cannot  see  it,  for  it 
is  not  in  this  picture." 

"  Have  you  got  any  children  in  your 
house,  old  man  ?  " 

"  Yes,  I  have  got  two  children,  and  I 
am  carrying  home  this  stick  to  make  a 
lire,  to  warm  them." 

"  What  have  you  got  on  your  back,  old 
man  ?  " 


OLD    MAN    ON    THE    ICE.  115 

"  That  is  my  pack." 

"What  have  you  got  in  your  pack  ?" 

"  I   have   got   some    bread   and   some 
meat  for  my  two  children." 
•     "  Where  did  you  get  your  bread  and 
your  meat?" 

"  I  got  it  in  that  house  behind  me, 
under  the  trees." 

"  Did  the  people  give  you  your  bread 
and  your  meat  there  ?  " 

"  Yes,  they  gave  it  to  me." 

We  will  let  the  old  man  go  along, 
and  we  will  look  at  the  rest  of  the  pic- 
ture. I  can  see  a  beautiful  little  dog. 
Can  you  find  him  ?  Look  all  around,  and 
see  if  you  can  find  him. 

What  is  he  standing  on  ? 

A  boat. 

Is  the  boat  in  the  water  ? 

No,  it  is  frozen  up  in  the  ice. 

In  the  summer,  we  might  sail  in  that 
boat,  but  not  now,  for  now  it  is  winter, 


116  THE    SHEPHERD. 

and  the  pond  is  covered  with  ice,  and  the 
boat  is  frozen  up  in  the  ice  ;  the  dog  is 
standing  upon  it,  looking  towards  the  old 
man. 

Do  you  see  some  round,  white  tops  of* 
things  by  the  side  of  the  house  ?  What  are 
they  ?  They  are  haystacks.  Haystacks 
are  great  piles  of  hay  for  the  horses  to  eat. 
They  pile  the  hay  up  in  great  heaps, 
when  they  have  not  got  any  barn  to  put 
it  in.  These  haystacks  are  covered  with 
snow,  and  that  makes  them  look  white. 


THE    SHEPHERD. 

Do  you  know  what  sheep  eat  ?  They 
eat  grass.  A  great  many  sheep  and 
lambs  go  together  into  the  fields  and  eat 
grass.  They  ramble  about  among  the 
fields  and  trees,  and  by  the  side  of  the 


THE    SHEPHERD.  117 

beautiful  brooks  and  groves,  and  drink 
water  and  eat  the  green  grass. 

But  sometimes  there  are  wolves  in  the 
woods,  and  they  run  out  and  catch  the 
sheep.  See,  there  is  a  man  who  goes 
out  with  the  sheep  to  watch  them  and  to 
take  care  of  them.  He  has  a  dog  with 
him,  who  will  drive  away  the  wolves  if 
they  come.  Sometimes  the  sheep  run 
away,  and  then  the  shepherd  has  to  go 
after  them,  and  catch  them,  and  bring 
them  back. 

What  do  you  think  he  catches  them 
with  ?  Why,  he  has  a  long  pole  with  a 
hook  on  the  end  of  it,  and  he  hooks  the 
sheep  with  his  pole. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  shepherd  and 
some  sheep,  and  a  dog,  and  the  shepherd's 
crook.     Can  you  see  all  these  things  ? 

Can  you  see  the  shepherd?  Touch 
him. 

Can  you  see  the  dog  ?     Touch  him. 


118 


THE    SHEPHERD. 


Can    you   see   the    shepherd's   crook: 
Touch  it. 

Can  you  see  the  sheep  ?     Touch  them. 


How  many  sheep  are  there  ?  Yes, 
there  are  two  ;  one  is  holding  his  head 
down,  eating  the  grass,  and  the  other  is 
holding  his  head  up.  The  dog  is  looking 
up  at  the  shepherd. 

I    can    see    a    high    bank   behind    the 


THE    SHEPHERD  119 

sheep,  with  a  good  many  trees  upon  it. 
And  I  can  see  a  mountain  behind  the 
shepherd.  But  I  cannot  see  any  wolves, 
in  this  picture,  coming  after  the  sheep. 
Do  you  wish  that  they  had  made  some 
wolves  in  this  picture  ? 

Can  you  see  any  thing  in  this  picture 
which  1  have  not  described  ?  I  can.  It 
is  something  out  under  the  trees.  What 
is  it  ?  Do  you  think  it  is  a  man  or  a 
boy  ?  I  think  it  is  a  boy.  It  is  the 
shepherd's  boy.  He  is  calling  the  shep- 
herd. The  shepherd  does  not  hear  him. 
He  is  calling  him  very  loud.     He  says, 

"  Father,  fa — ther,  dinner  is  ready  ;  it 
is  time  for  you  to  come  home  to  dinner." 

But  the  shepherd  does  not  hear. 

"  You  must  call  louder,  or  else  you 
must  come  nearer,  my  boy." 

Once  there  was  a  little  lamb  walking 
along  by  a  sheep.     The  sheep  was  the 


120  THE    SHEPHERD. 

lamb's  mother,  and  the  lamb  ought  to 
have  kept  near  her.  Presently  they  came 
to  a  brook,  and  the  lamb  stopped  to  drink 
some  of  the  water  of  the  brook.  It  was 
a  very  beautiful  brook,  for  there  were 
green  grass  and  flowers  on  the  banks,  and 
round  pebbles  and  yellow  sands  on  the 
shores,  and  little  trees  hung  over  it. 
The  lamb  stopped  here  to  drink,  while 
his  mother  went  on,  with  the  other  sheep 
and  lambs. 

His  mother  did  not  know  that  the  lamb 
had  stopped.  By  and  by,  after  the  lamb 
had  done  drinking,  he  stopped  to  play  a 
little  on  the  beautiful  green  bank,  among 
the  flowers.  He  frisked  and  leaped  about 
a  little  while,  and  then  he  laid  down. 
Presently  he  began  to  feel  sleepy.  He 
shut  his  eyes,  and  gradually  went  to 
sleep. 

In  the  mean  time,  that  is,  while  the 
little  lamb  was  sleeping,  his  mother  went 


THE    SHEPHERD.  121 

on,  and  after  a  while,  she  found  the  lamb 
was  not  with  her.  Then  she  began  to 
call  the  lamb.  She  said  ba-a,  ba-a.  That 
is  the  way  she  tried  to  call  the  lamb. 
The  shepherd  heard  her  cry  ba-a,  ba-a  ; 
but  he  did  not  know  that  she  had  lost  her 
lamb.  There  were  so  many  little  lambs, 
that  he  did  not  know  that  one  was  lost. 
So  the  sheep  kept  saying  ba-a,  ba-a ;  but 
the  shepherd  did  not  know  what  she 
wanted. 

Do  you  think  the  lamb  heard  his 
mother  say  ba-a,  ba-a  ?  No,  he  did  not, 
because  he  was  asleep.  Lambs  cannot 
hear  when  they  are  asleep.  But  at  last 
the  lamb  woke  up,  and  it  was  almost 
night.  The  lamb  looked  round,  and  ran 
this  way  and  that  way,  into  the  bushes, 
but  he  could  not  see  his  mother  any  where. 
So  the  lamb  was  very  much  frightened, 
and  did  not  know  what  to  do. 

By  and  by,  it  became  night,  and  it 
f  11 


122  ANOTHER    SHEPHERD. 

began  to  grow  cold.  It  is  generally  cold 
in  the  night.  The  grass  began  to  be  wet 
and  cold,  and  the  poor  little  lamb  did  not 
know  what  he  should  do.  At  last,  he 
heard  a  noise.  It  was  something  coming 
through  the  bushes.  The  lamb  was 
frightened.  He  did  not  know  but  that  it 
was  a  wolf. 

Do  you  think  it  was  a  wolf?  No,  it 
was  the  shepherd.  The  lamb  saw,  in  a 
minute  or  two,  that  it  was  the  shepherd, 
who  had  come  to  look  after  him,  and  was 
going  to  carry  him  to  his  mother.  The 
shepherd  was  glad  to  find  him,  and  the 
lamb  was  glad  to  be  found.  They  were 
both  glad. 


ANOTHER    SHEPHERD 

Now  I  am  going  to  show  you  another 
picture  of  a  shepherd,  and  his  crook,  and 


ANOTHER    SHEPHERD 


123 


his  sheep,  and  his  dog,  and  his  boy.  Can 
you  find  the  shepherd  in  this  picture  ? 
Touch  him. 


Do  you  see  his  crook  ?     Touch  that. 

Do  you  see  his  dog  ?     Touch  that. 

Do  you  see  his  little  boy,  lying  down 
by  his  side  ?     Touch  the  little  boy. 

This  shepherd  has  got  a  great  many 
sheep.     Some  of  them  are   around   him, 


124  ANOTHER    SHEPHERD. 

very  near ;  others  are  at  a  distance,  in 
large  flocks.  I  can  see  three  large 
flocks. 

Touch  the  nearest  flock. 
*,    Now  touch  the  next  flock.     .' 

Now  touch  the  farthest  flock. 

There  are  three  trees  on  one  side  of 
this  picture.  Are  they  towards  the  right 
hand,  or  towards  the  left  hand  ?  There 
is  one  tree  on  the  other  side  of  this  pic- 
ture. Is  that  towards  the  right,  or 
towards  the  left  hand  ? 

Under  this  tree  on  the  right  hand,  are 
some  tents.  One,  two,  three,  four. 
There  are  four  tents.  The  shepherds 
live  in  tents  sometimes.  The  tents  are 
made  of  cloth,  and  when  the  sheep  have 
eaten  up  all  the  grass  in  one  place,  the 
shepherds  can  take  down  their  tents,  and 
move  to  some  other  place.  Tents  are 
not  very  good  places  to  live  in.  They 
are  not  so  good  as  houses. 


ANOTHER    SHEPHERD.  125 

By  the  side  of  one  of  the  tents  are 
three  women.  Can  you  see  them  ?  One 
of  them  is  standing  up.  The  other  two 
are  sitting  down  upon  the  grass.  Perhaps 
they  will,  by  and  by,  go  into  the  tents, 
and  get  some  dinner  for  the  shepherds. 

Do  you  see  the  sheep  lying  down  be- 
hind the  shepherd  ?  There  are  several. 
They  are  tired.  They  have  eaten  grass 
enough,  and  so  they  have  laid  down  to 
rest.  I  think  they  had  better  not  run 
away,  for  if  they  do,  the  shepherd  will 
run  after  them,  and  hook  his  hook  into 
them. 

I  see  two  sheep  standing  together  in 
the  corner  of  the  picture,  towards  the 
right  hand.  They  are  eating  grass. 
Perhaps  they  will  be  tired  by  and  by, 
and  then  they  will  go  to  the  shepherd 
and  lie  down. 

11* 


126 


A  LARGE  DOG. 

There  are  a  great  many  kinds  of  dogs 
in  the  world.  There  are  little  dogs  and 
large  dogs  ;  and  there  are  gentle  dogs  and 
fierce  dogs.  Some  dogs  love  to  swim  in 
the  water,  and  others  are  afraid  of  the 
water.  Some  dogs  are  very  small  and 
delicate  ;  they  live  in  a  lady's  parlor,  and 
sleep  almost  all  day  on  the  carpet  before 
the  fire.  Others  are  great  and  strong, 
and  love  to  go  out  into  the  woods  to  hunt 
the  bears,  and  lions,  and  other  wild  beasts. 

Once  a  little  boy  went  out  to  take  a 
walk.  After  he  had  walked  a  little  way, 
he  saw  a  large  dog  drawing  a  cart,  and 
there  was  a  boy  in  the  cart.  The  cart 
was  small,  and  the  boy  was  small,  and  so 
the  dbg  could  draw  them. 

He  stopped  and  looked  at  them  a  little 
while,  and  wished  that  he  had  a  dog  that 
could  draw  a  cart. 


ALARGEDOG.  127 

Then  he  went  along  a  little  farther, 
and  found  a  boy  standing  by  the  side  of 
a  little  pond,  and  a  small  dog  with  curly 
hair  standing  by  the  side  of  him.  Pres- 
ently the  boy  took  up  a  little  stick,  and 
threw  it  out  upon  the  water.  Then  the 
dog  ran  and  jumped  in,  and  went  swim- 
ming along  in  the  water,  until  he  came 
to  the  stick,  and  then  he  took  the  stick 
in  his  mouth,  and  swam  back  to  the 
shore.  If  you  wish  to  see  how  the  dog 
looked  when  he  was  in  the  water,  you 
had  better  look  among  the  pictures  near 
the  beginning  of  this  book ;  and  there  you 
will  find  a  picture  of  a  dog  swimming  in 
the  water  to  get  out  a  little  girl.  You 
can  turn  over  the  leaves  carefully,  and 
see  if  you  can  find  it. 

When  the  dog  had  brought  the  stick 
to  the  shore,  he  laid  it  down  at  the  feet 
of  the  boy.  Then  the  other  boy,  who 
was  taking  a  walk,    said  he  wished   he 


128 


A    LARGE    DOG 


had   a   little   dog   with   curly  hair,   who 
would  swim  in  the  water. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  large  dog,  not  in 
the  water. 


This  is  a  Siberian  dog. 


He  is  a  Siberian  dog :  that  is,  he  is 
such  a  dog  as  lives  in  Siberia.  -Siberia  is 
a  very  cold  place.  That  is  Siberia  where 
the  dog  is.  Do  you  see  the  mountains, 
and  the  trees,  and  the  cold  snow  all  over 
the  ground? 


THE    MAN    IN    THE    SNOW.       129 

The  dog  has  a  bushy  tail,  curled  up, 
and  he  holds  his  tongue  out  of  his  mouth. 
•He  has  sharp  claws.  Away  behind  him 
are  some  other  Siberian  dogs,  drawing  a 
sledge,  with  a  Siberian  man  in  it.  He 
has  a  long  stick  in  his  hand.  His  dogs 
are  drawing  him  over  the  snow. 


THE    MAN    IN    THE    SNOW. 

Once  there  was  a  man,  and  he  went 
out  to  walk  over  the  cold  snow.  It  was 
winter,  and  it  was  very  cold.  The  man 
was  travelling  from  one  town  to  another 
town,  and  he  had  to  walk  along,  a  great 
way,  among  the  rocks,  trees,  and  moun- 
tains. 

He  walked  along  until  at  last  he  be- 
came very  cold.  The  wind  blew  very 
hard,  and  more  snow  began  to  fall  down 
out   of  the   sky.     The  snow  fell  so  fast 


130       THE    MAN    IN    THE    SNOW. 

that  he  could  not  see  his  way.  His  feet 
were  very  cold,  and  his  hands  were  very 
cold,  and  by  and  by,  he  began  to  be 
very  cold  and  numb  all  over.  Presently 
he  could  not  go  any  farther,  and  he  sank 
down  exhausted  on  the  snow.  Do  you 
know  what  I  mean  by  exhausted  9 

His  hat  blew  off,  and  his  head  fell  down 
into  the  snow ;  and  the  snow,  which 
kept  falling  down  from  the  sky,  covered 
him  up,  all  except  his  head.  Here  he 
lay  until  he  was  almost  dead. 

Not  far  from  where  he  was,  there  was 
a  large  house  where  many  people  lived. 
They  had  a  dog,  a  large  black  dog,  with  a 
bushy  tail  and  a  white  breast.  And  after 
the  snow-storms  the  people  used  to  send 
out  their  dog  to  see  if  he  could  find  any 
men  lost  in  the  snow.  The  dog  came 
out  this  day  as  soon  as  the  storm  was 
over,  and  the  people  came  out  after  him 
to  help  the  men  if  he  should  find  any  in 


THE    MAN    IN    THE    SNOW. 


131 


the  snow.  The  dog  ran  along  before 
them,  and  when  he  found  this  man's  head 
lying  out  of  the  snow,  he  stood  over  him 
and  barked.  He  barked  very  loud.  He 
wanted  the  men  who  were  behind  him  to 
come  quickly  and  help  this  poor  traveller 
out  of  the  snow.     He  could  not  lift  him 


AsilliB 


out  himself,   and   so  he   barked  for  the 
other  men  to  come. 

Now  I  will  show  you  a  picture  of  all  this. 


132        THE    MAN    IN    THE    SNOW. 

Do  you  see  the  dog  ?  Do  you  see  that 
he  is  black  ?  Do  you  see  his  bushy  tail  ? 
And  his  white  breast  ? 

Do  you  not  think  that  he  is  a  handsome 
dog  ? 

He  has  a  collar  round  his  neck,  with  a 
little  bell  attached  to  it,  that  is,  fastened 
to  it.  Can  you  see  the  collar  and  the 
little  bell  ? 

Do  you  see  the  traveller's  head  lying 
on  the  snow  ?  The  poor  man  is  almost 
dead.  The  dog  is  standing  over  him,  and 
is  barking  very  loud,  for  the  other  men 
to  come.  Do  you  see  them  coming  ? 
How  many  are  coming? 

Can  you  see  any  rocks  ?    Touch  them. 

Can  you  see  any  trees  ?     Touch  them. 

How  many  can  you  see  ?  Can  you  see 
the  white  snow  on  the  rocks,  and  on  the 
trees,  and  on  the  ground  ?  Show  me  the 
white  snow  on  the  rocks,  and  on  the  trees, 
and  on  the  ground. 


THE    RAKE.  133 

The  men  who  are  coming  have  got 
poles  in  their  hands  ;  and  at  a  distance 
on  the  hill  is  the  large  house  where  the 
men  live.  I  think  that  the  men  will  lift 
up  the  poor  traveller  out  of  the  snow,  and 
carry  him  to  their  house  and  warm  him, 
and  give  him  some  supper. 


THE    RAKE 


Once  1  wanted  to  have  some  green 
grass  grow  up  in  my  yard.  The  reason 
why  I  wanted  it  to  grow,  was  because  I 
thought  it  would  look  prettier  than  the 
bare  ground.  There  was  nothing  but 
bare  ground  in  my  yard  where  I  wanted 
the  grass  to  grow. 

The  way  to  make  the  grass  grow  is  to 

sow  some  grass  seeds.     Grass  seeds  are 

very  small    things,   no   bigger   than  the 

head  of  a  pin.     I  went  and  bought  some 

12 


134  THE    RAKE. 

grass  seeds,  and  brought  them  home,  and 
scattered  them  over  the  ground  in  my 
yard. 

But  the  grass  seeds  ought  not  to  be  on 
the  top  of  the  ground  ;  they  ought  to  be 
a  little  under  the  ground,  and  then  the 
grass  will  grow  out  of  the  grass  seeds. 
So  I  went  and  got  a  rake,  with  a  long 
handle  and  sharp  iron  teeth,  and  I  raked 
over  the  ground  where  the  grass  seeds 
were. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  my  rake,  with  its 
long  handle  and  sharp  teeth. 


The  sharp  teeth  raked  up  the  ground  a 
little,  and  covered  up  the  seeds,  and  when 
I  had  raked  over  all  the  ground,  the  seeds 
were   a    little    way   uader   the    ground. 


THE    RAKE.  135 

This  was  sowing  the  seeds.  This  is  the 
way  they  always  sow  seeds.  They  put 
them  into  the  ground,  and  eover  them  up 
a  little.  After  I  had  sown  my  grass  seeds, 
I  went  into  the  house. 

Two  or  three  days  after  this,  I  came 
out  and  took  a  stick  and  pushed  open  the 
ground  a  little.  I  wanted  to  see  how  my 
seeds  looked.  Pretty  soon  I  found  some 
of  my  seeds. 

And  how  do  you  think  they  looked  ? 
Why,  they  looked  just  as  they  did  before 
I  sowed  them,  only  I  thought  they  were 
a  little  bigger.  They  had  swelled  by 
being  under  the  ground.  So  I  put  them 
back  into  the  ground,  and  covered  them 
up,  and  went  away  again. 

Two  or  three  days  after  this,  I  came 
again  to  look  at  my  little  seeds.  And  1 
took  a  little  stick,  and  pushed  open  the 
ground,  and  found  some  of  my  seeds. 
And  I  found  there  was  a  little  green  thing 


136  IflE    RAKE. 

coming  out  of  all  of  them.  The  little 
green  thing  was  a  sprout.  There  was  a 
little  green  sprout  coming  out  of  all  my 
seeds.  I  thought  that  if  I  should  leave 
my  little  seeds  in  the  ground,  these  little 
sprouts  would  grow  out  farther  and  far- 
ther, and  at  last  grow  up  out  of  the 
ground  and  become  grass.  So  1  covered 
up  my  seeds  in  the  ground  again,  and 
went  away. 

A  few  days  afterwards,  I  came  again, 
and  all  the  little  green  sprouts  were 
coming  up,  all  over  my  yard.  They 
grew  up  higher  and  higher,  until  at  last 
my  yard  was  covered  with  beautiful  grass. 
Then  I  was  very  glad  that  I  sowed  the 
grass  seed  in  the  ground,  for  the  green 
grass  was  a  great  deal  more  beautiful 
than  the  bare  ground. 


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137 


THE    MAN    PLOUGHING. 
Here  is  a  picture  of  a  man  ploughing 


Did  you  ever  see  a  man  ploughing. 
Do  you  know  what  men  plough  for  ?  I 
will  tell  you. 

People  sow  other  kinds  of  seeds,  as 
well  as  grass  seeds.  They  sow  great 
fields  as  well  as  small  yards,  and  it  would 
be  a  great  deal  of  work  to  rake  up  a 
great  field,  so  as  to  cover  the  seeds  with 
the  ground. 

Besides,  all  seeds  are  not  small,  like 

grass   seeds.     Some   are  very  large,   and 

have  to  be  covered  up  in  the  ground  quite 
/*  12  * 


138         THE    MAN    PLOUGHING. 

deep.  So  they  plough  up  the  field  to 
make  the  ground  loose,  so  that  they  can 
easily  cover  up  the  seeds.  A  plough  is 
very  large,  with  a  sharp  point  made  of 
iron,  which  reaches  down  into  the  ground. 
Look  at  the  picture,  and  see  if  you  can 
see  the  sharp  point  reaching  into  the 
ground.  Horses  or  oxen  draw  the  plough 
along,  with  the  sharp  point  sticking  into 
the  ground,  and  that  ploughs  up  the 
ground  and  makes  it  loose,  so  that  the 
men  can  easily  cover  up  the  seeds. 

Are  they  horses  or  oxen  in  the  picture, 
drawing  the  plough  ?  How  do  you  know 
that  they  are  horses  ?  There  are  two 
handles  to  a  plough,  which  a  man  takes 
hold  of,  to  make  the  plough  go  right. 
Can  you  see  the  two  handles  in  the  pic- 
ture ?  Touch  them.  Is  the  man  taking 
hold  of  the  handles  ?  If  the  man  did  not 
take  hold  of  the  handles,  the  sharp  point 
of  the  plough  would  come  up  out  of  the 
ground,  and  the  plough  would  slide  along 


THE    MAN    PLOUGHING.  139 

upon  the  top  of  the  ground,  and  that 
would  do  no  good  ;  so  the  man  holds  the 
plough  down  into  the  ground  by  the  han- 
dles, and  makes  it  go  right. 

Besides  this,  the  man  has  to  make  the 
horses  go  right,  so  he  has  two  long  strings, 
going  from  his  hands  to  the  horses'  mouths. 
These  strings  are  called  reins.  Touch 
the  reins. 

Touch  the  reins  where  they  are  in  the 
man's  hands.  Touch  the  reins  where 
they  go  into  the  horses'  mouths.  If  the 
man  wants  the  horses  to  go  this  way,  he 
pulls  the  rein  that  is  this  side,  and  that 
pulls  the  horses'  heads  round  this  way, 
and  that  makes  them  go  this  way.  And 
if  he  wants  them  to  go  the  other  way,  he 
pulls  the  rein  that  is  on  the  other  side, 
and  that  pulls  their  heads  the  other  way, 
and  makes  them  go  the  other  way.  So, 
by  the  two  reins,  the  man  makes  the 
horses  go  this  way  or  the  other  way,  just 
as  he  pleases.     He  makes  the  horses  go 


140  GOING    UP    HIGH. 

straight  forward  till  he  gets  to  the  end  of 
the  field,  and  then  he  pulls  the  rein  on  this 
side,  or  else  the  rein  on  the  other  side, 
and  makes  them  turn  round.  And  then 
he  goes  ploughing  along,  back  again,  just 
by  the  side  of  where  he  came  before. 
And  so  he  goes  ploughing  along,  back  and 
forth,  until  the  field  is  all  ploughed  up. 
And  then  the  seeds  can  be  put  in  and 
covered  up  very  easily.  That  is  all  I  have 
to  tell  you  about  ploughing. 


GOING    UP    HIGH. 

Here  is  a  man  up  high  on  the  moun- 
tains —  the  cold,  icy  mountains.  Did  you 
ever  see  the  mountains  ?  They  are  very 
high.  Sometimes  they  reach  up  to  the 
clouds.  It  is  very  hard  to  climb  up  to 
the  tops  of  the  mountains. 

It  is  very  cold,  too,  on  the  tops  of  the 
mountains.     There    is  a  great    deal   of 


GOING    UP    HIGH. 


141 


ice  and  snow  there.  Do  you  see  the  ice 
and  snow  on  the  top  of  the  mountain  in 
this  picture  ?• 


This  man  has  climbed  up  upon  the 
mountains  very  high,  and  now  he  is  afraid 
that  he  shall  fall.  He  is  standing  on  the 
slippery  ice  up  very  high.  Be  very  care- 
ful, Mr.  Climber,  or  I  am  afraid  you  will 
fall. 

The  man  has  a  long  pole  in  his  hand. 
Do  you  see  his  long   pole  ?     You  may 


142  GOING    UP    HIGH. 

touch  it.  He  holds  one  end  of  it  in  his 
hands,  and  he  presses  the  other  end  of  it 
against  the  ice.  Do  you  see  one  end 
of  it  pressing  against  the  ice  ?  Is  it  the 
upper  or  lower  end  of  the  pole  which 
presses  against  the  ice  ? 

It  is  a  beautiful  pole.  It  is  a  long, 
slender  pole.  It  is  round  and  smooth. 
I  do  not  know  what  the  man  would  do 
without  his  long,  slender  pole.  It  helps 
him  stand  up.     He  leans  against  it. 

The  man  has  got  something  on  his 
feet,  too,  to  prevent  his  slipping.  Do 
you  see  any  thing  remarkable  about  his 
feet  ?  He  has  some  sharp  points  on  the 
bottom  of  his  shoes  to  prevent  his  slip- 
ping. The  sharp  iron  points  stick  into 
the  ice,  and  then  his  foot  does  not  slip. 
Ice  is  hard,  but  iron  is  harder,  and  so  the 
iron  points  can  stick  into  the  ice. 

The  man  has  a  strange  hat  on  his  head. 
Do  you  know  which  is  the  crown  of  the 


GOING    UP    HIGHER.  143 

hat  ?  Do  you  know  which  is  the  brim  of 
the  hat  ?  Is  the  crown  of  the  man's  hat 
high  or  low  ?  Is  the  brim  broad  or  nar- 
row? 

The  man  has  something  across  his 
back.  It  is  fastened  on  by  a  strap.  You 
can  see  the  strap  passing  across  his  breast. 
I  rather  think  the  man  is  going  down  the 
mountain.  He  is  tired  of  staying  up 
there  among  the  cold  snow  and  ice.  So 
he  is  coming  down.  You  had  better  be 
very  careful,  Mr.  Climber,  or  else  you 
will  fall. 


GOING     UP     HIGHER. 

Here  is  a  man  going  up  higher  than 
the  tops  of  the  mountains.  Look  all  over 
this  next  picture,  and  see  if  you  can  see 
any  man  in  it. 

You  can  scarcely  see  him.     He  is  very 


144 


GOING    UP    HIGHER. 


small.  Do  you  see  the  great,  round  bal- 
loon sailing  in  the  air  ?  It  looks  small  in 
the  picture,  but  in  reality  it  is  very  large. 
The  reason  why  it  looks  small  is  because 
it  is  a  great  way  off.  The  balloon  is  very 
large.  It  is  larger  than  this  room.  It  is 
very  light.     They  make  it  very  light,  on 


purpose,  and  then  it  rises  and  sails  away 
through  the  air.  Did  you  ever  see  a 
feather  sailing  through  the  air  ?  The  bal- 
loon sails  through  the  air  like  a  feather. 

The  balloon  is  covered  with  net- work, 
which  is  spread  all  over  it. 


GOING    UP    HIGHER.  145 

Do  you  see  the  strings  hanging  down 
from  the  lower  part  of  the  balloon  ? 
Touch  the  strings.  Do  jou  see  some- 
thing hanging  down  below  the  strings  ? 
That  is  the  car.  They  always  have  a  car 
hanging  down  below  a  balloon.  The  car 
is  for  the  man  to  get  into.  There  is  a 
man  in  this  car,  though  he  is  so  small  that 
you  can  scarcely  see  him.  He  is  sailing 
away  in  his  car  high  in  the  air. 

All  the  trees,  and  grass,  and  houses, 
and  fields  are  away  down  below  him  on 
the  ground,  and  he  is  sailing  up  high  in 
the  air.  The  wind  blows  him  along.  He 
looks  down  and  sees  all  the  trees,  and 
grass,  and  houses,  and  fields  all  far,  far 
below  him.  He  must  be  very  careful  not 
to  fall  out  of  his  car.  If  he  should  fall 
out  of  his  car,  he  would  fall  down,  down, 
away  down  to  the  ground,  and  be  killed. 
He  must  keep  in  his  car  and  hold  on  tight, 
and   by    and    by,    his  balloon  will  come 

g  18 


146  THESTONE. 

slowly   and   gently  down  to  the  ground, 
and  then  he  can  get  out. 


THE    LARGE    FLAT    STONE. 

This  next  picture  is  a  large  picture. 
It  is  a  picture  of  two  girls  and  a  large 
flat  stone.  I  will  explain  it  to  you.  I 
will  explain  all  the  parts  in  order. 

First,  about  the  brook.  There  is  a 
brook  in  one  side  of  the  picture.  Do  you 
see  the  brook  ?  Far  off,  under  the  trees, 
the  water  is  smooth  ;  but  nearer  to  us  it 
comes  tumbling  down  between  the  rocks. 
Do  you  see  where  it  comes  tumbling 
down  between  the  rocks  ?  Touch  the 
place.     This  is  a  little  water-fall. 

Next,  about  the  flat  stone.  It  is  nearly 
in  the  middle  of  the  picture.  It  is  a 
square  stone.     It  has  four  corners.     One 


THE    STONE. 


147 


corner  is  towards  us.  You  may  touch 
the  corner  that  is  towards  us.  Another 
corner  is  towards  the  water.     You  may 


touch  the  corner  that  is  towards  the 
water.  One  of  the  girls  is  sitting  upon 
another  of  the  corners,  and  another  cor- 


148  THE    STONE. 

ner  is  out  behind  the  girl.  That  makes 
four  corners.  The  stone  is  smooth  and 
flat  on  the  top,  and  it  makes  a  good  seat 
for  the  girls  to  sit  down  upon. 

Next,  about  the  tree.  It  is  a  large 
tree.  The  top  of  it  spreads  almost  all 
over  the  top  of  the  picture.  The  boughs 
hang  down  gracefully.  The  trunk  of  it  is 
large.  Can  you  see  the  trunk  ?  You 
may  touch  the  trunk.  There  are  some 
beautiful  rose  bushes  growing  around  the 
trunk.  There  are  some  roses  upon  these 
rose  bushes.  Can  you  see  them  ?  How 
many  are  there  ? 

Next,  about  the  girls.  There  are  two 
girls.  One  of  them  is  sitting  on  the 
stone,  and  the  other  is  standing  up. 
The  one  who  is  standing  up  looks  as  if 
she  was  going  away.  She  has  a  little 
basket  in  her  hand,  and  she  is  trying  to 
pull  away  the  other  girl's  basket.  That 
is  wrong.     She  ought  not  to  try  to  pull 


THE    STONE.  149 

the  other  girl's  basket.  The  girls  have 
combs  on.  I  think  they  are  going  to 
school. 

Next,  about  the  basket.  One  of  the 
girls  is  trying  to  pull  away  the  basket 
from  the  other  girl,  and  she  has  spilled 
out  all  the  things.  Do  you  see  the 
things  all  falling  out  to  the  ground  ? 
What  are  the  things  ?  I  see  an  apple, 
and  a  pear,  and  a  piece  of  bread.  I  am 
sorry  that  the  girls  are  pulling  the  basket, 
and  spilling  all  the  things. 

Next,  about  the  house.  I  see  a  house, 
a  great  way  off,  behind  the  girls.  It  is 
not  a  very  large  house.  Perhaps  it  is 
the  school-house  where  these  girls  are 
going  to  school.  It  has  windows. 
There  are  three  windows  in  the  side, 
and  one  window  in  the  end. 
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150 

STORIES. 

Do  you  like  stories  ?  There  are  a 
great  many  beautiful  stories  in  books. 
There  are  two  ways  to  tell  stories ;  one 
is  for  a  person  to  tell  them  aloud  with  his 
voice,  and  the  other  is  to  write  them  in 
a  book  ;  and  then  the  children  who  have 
learned  to  read  can  take  the  book,  and 
sit  down  and  read  them. 

When  children  are  very  little,  they 
cannot  understand  talking.  They  have 
not  learned  to  talk.  They  lie  in  the 
cradle  or  sit  on  the  floor,  playing  with 
their  playthings  ;  but  they  cannot  talk  nor 
understand  other  people's  talking.  So 
it  does  no  good  to  tell  them  stories ; 
they  cannot  understand  them. 

Soon,  however,  they  learn  to  talk,  and 
then  we  can  tell  them  stories  aloud, 
with  our  voice,  and  they  will  understand. 
But  now  perhaps  they  cannot  understand 


STORIES.  151 

books.  They  have  learned  to  talk,  but 
they  have  not  learned  to  read.  So  they 
can  understand  the  stories  which  they 
hear,  but  they  cannot  understand  the 
beautiful  stories  they  find  in  books. 

Soon,  however,  they  learn  to  read. 
Their  father  and  mother  send  them  to 
school,  and  first  they  learn  their  letters, 
and  then  they  learn  their  syllables,  and 
thus  at  last  they  learn  to  read.  Then 
they  can  read  all  the  beautiful  stories  in 
the  books -themselves. 

On  the  next  page  is  a  picture  of  some 
children  who  have  a  great  many  story 
books.  You  can  see  them  arranged  care- 
fully on  the  shelves.  There  are  three 
shelves.  Some  of  the  books  are  shorter  than 
the  others,  and  are  inclined.  Can  you 
see  the  one  which  is  inclined  ?  Touch  it. 
The  boy  is  going  to  take  down  one  of 
the  books.  He  has  another  in  his  other 
hand.     His  sister,  who  is   sitting  down 


152 


STORIES. 


upon  a  cricket,  has  a  book  open  upon  her 
lap.  I  think  she  has  been  reading  one 
of  the  stories.  There  is  another  little 
child  standing  near,  who  has  a  book 
in  her  hand. 


What  do  you  think  that  large  round 
thing  is  ?  It  is  a  globe.  It  is  very 
round.     It  is  mounted  upon  a  stand. 

I  can  see  a  boy  and  a  girl  walking  off 
into  the  fields.  There  is  a  tree  away 
out  beyond  them,  and  a  mountain  too 

I  think  it  is  better  to  be  able  to  read 
stories  out  of  books,  than  merely  to  un- 


STORIES.  159 

derstand  them  when  people  tell  them. 
Because  sometimes  people  are  busy  and 
cannot  tell  you  stories  ;  but  if  you  can 
read,  you  can  take  your  story  book  any 
time,  and  read  the  stories  yourself. 
Besides,  sometimes  the  books  have  pic- 
tures which  you  can  look  at.  But  it  is 
very  hard  to  learn  to  read.  It  takes 
children  a  long  time  to  learn.  They 
generally  get  tired  and  do  not  wish  to 
learn,  and  so  their  father  or  mother  or 
teacher  have  to  make  them  learn.  Then 
when  they  have  learned  and  can  read  in 
the  beautiful  picture  books,  they  are  very 
glad  that  their  father  or  mother  or  teach- 
er made  them  learn. 

This  picture  makes  me  think  of  two 
things  which  I  advise  all  children  to  do. 

First.  Be  always  willing  to  learn,  and 
try  to  learn  as  fast  as  you  can. 

Second.  Be  careful  of  all  your  books, 
to  keep   them   neat   and   in  good  order. 


T4  A    DOG    FOR   A    HORSE. 

Do  not  jou  see  how  neat  and  orderly 
the  children  in  this  picture  keep  their 
books  ? 


A    DOG    FOR    A    HORSE. 

Do  you  know  why  men  harness  horses 
into  their  carriages  and  chaises  and 
carts,  and  make  them  draw  their  car- 
riages and  chaises  and  carts  ? 

It  is  because  horses  are  large  and 
strong,  and  can  draw  more  than  men. 
Children  cannot  harness  horses,  so  thev 
sometimes  harness  dogs  into  their  little 
carts. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  the  dog  Pompey 
harnessed  in  a  little  cart. 

Do  you  see  the  dog  .Pompey  ?  Touch 
him. 

Do  you  see  the  cart  ?  Touch  it. 
How  many  wheels  has  it  got ?  How 
many  can  you  see  ? 


A    DOG    FOR    A    HORSE. 


155 


There  is  one  more  wheel  round  be- 
hind the  cart,  so  that  you  cannot 
see  it. 

How  many  legs  has  Pompey  got  ? 


Can  you  see  the  harness  on  Pompey  Is 
The  strings  that  go  round  his  neck,  and 
then  go  from  him  to  the  cart,  are  the 
harness. 

Do  you  see  that  part  of  the  harness 
that  goes  round  his  neck  ?  That  is 
the  collar. 

Touch  Pompey's  collar. 


156  A    DOG    FOR   A    HORSE. 

Do  you  see  the  string  that  goes  from 
Pompey's  collar  to  the  cart  ?  There  is 
one  on  this  side  of  Pompey,  and  another 
round  on  the  other  side  of  Pompey. 
These  are  the  traces. 

Pompey's  harness  consists  of  a  collar 
and  traces. 

When  horses  are  harnessed,  they  have 
a  great  deal  more  harness  than  this. 
They  have  a  collar  and  traces,  and  a 
good  many  other  things  besides.  When 
}'OU  see  a  horse  going  by,  you  must  look 
out  and  see  if  you  can  see  his  collar  and 
his  traces. 

That  is  a  little  doll  that  is  riding  in 
the  cart,  and  there  are  two  children 
walking  alon^-  by  the  side  of  Pompey. 

Pretty  soon,  I  shall  show  you  a  pic- 
ture of  a  goat  for  a  horse,  and  you  must 
see  whether  you  can  see  his  collar  and 
his  traces. 


157 


BUZZ,  BUZZ,  BUZZ. 

Over  the  leaf  is  a  woman  spinning 
with  a  little  spinning-wheel.  Can  you 
see  the  spinning-wheel  ? 

The  spinning-wheel  has  legs. 

Count  the  legs. 

How  many  legs  can  you  see  ? 

There  is  one  leg  more  at  •  the  other 
end  of  the  spinning-wheel ;  but  it  is 
behind  the  woman's  foot,  so  that  you 
cannot  see  it. 

Do  you  know  what  the  spinning- 
wheel  is  for  ?  It  is  to  make  thread 
with. 

Do  you  see  the  thread  in  the  woman's 
hand  ? 

The  thread  is  made  out  of  flax.  The 
flax  is  put  upon  the  top  of  the  spinning- 
wheel.  Can  you  see  the  flax  on  the  top 
of  the  spinning-wheel  ?  Touch  the  flax. 
14 


158 


BUZZ,  BUZZ,  BUZZ, 


The  woman  makes  the  wheel  go 
round  very  fast ;  and  when  it  goes  round 
it  says,  buzz,  buzz,  buzz.  And  so  she 
makes  thread,  while  the  wheel  goes 
round,  saying  buzz,  buzz,  buzz. 


O,  here  is  a  pussy  in  one  corner 
of  the  picture,  sitting  upon  a  three- 
legged  stool. 

Do  you  see  the  pussy  ? 

Do  you  see  the  three-legged  stool  ? 

She  seems  to  be  sitting  still,  listening 
to  hear  the  wheel  say  buzz,  buzz,    buzz. 


159 


A    GOAT   FOR    A    HORSE. 

Did  I  tell  you  I  was  going  to  shovv 
you  a  picture  of  a  goat  for  a  horse  ? 
What  did  I  tell  you  to  do,  when  you 
should  see  this  picture  ? 

I  told  you  to  look  for  the  collar  and 
the  traces  on  the  goat.  Can  you  see 
his  collar  ?  Touch  it.  Can  you  see 
one  of  his  traces  ?     Touch  it. 


His  collar  and  his  traces  are  his  har- 
ness. Has  the  goat  got  any  other  har- 
ness on  besides  the  collar  and  traces  ? 

There   is   a   piece   of  harness   coming 


160         A    GOAT    FOR    A    HORSE. 

over  his  back.  That  is  the  saddle. 
Horses  have  a  saddle  on  when  they  are 
harnessed. 

The  goat  has  two  horns,  and  the  boy 
has  got  a  whip  to  whip  him  with.  You 
must  not  whip  him  hard,  little  boy,  be- 
cause he  is  walking  along  very  well  noAV. 
He  is  putting  his  feet  out  to  walk  along. 

"  Little  boy,  where  did  you  get  your 
cart  ?  " 

"  My  father  gave  it  to  me.  " 

"  Where  did  your  father  get  that  cart  ?" 

"I  do  not  know  where  he  got  this 
cart.1' 

"  Little  boy,  what  did  your  father  give 
you  that  cart,  and  that  goat,  for  ?  " 

"  So  that  I  might  take  my  sister  and 
the  baby  out  to  ride." 

"  Is  that  your  sister  in  the  cart,  little 
boy?" 

"  Yes,  that  is  my  sister.  " 


ANIMALS.  161 

"  And  is  that  the  baby  at  the  other 
end  of  the  cart,  little  boy,  next  the  goat  ?  " 

"  Yes,  that  is  the  baby." 

"  And  are  you  taking  them  out  to 
ride  ?  " 

"  Yes,  I  am  taking  them  out  to  ride." 

"  Well,  little  boy,  I  think  you  had 
better  drive  the  cart  along  very  carefully, 
so  as  not  to  tip  over  the  cart,  and  hurt 
your  .sister  and  the  baby.  So  walk 
along,  Mr.  Goat,  walk  along." 


ANIMALS. 


Once  I  asked  a  boy  whether  there 
was  any  difference  between  a  bird  and  a 
horse. 

And  he  said  "  Yes." 

Do  you  think  there  is  any  difference 
between  a  bird  and  a  horse  ?  What 
difference. 

g*  14* 


162  ANIMALS. 

I  asked  this  boy  what  difference  there 
was,  and  he  said,  "  A  horse  has  got  a 
tail,  and  a  bird  has  not  got  any  tail." 

In  this  he  was  mistaken ;  for  a  bird 
has  a  tail,  though  it  is  very  different  from 
that  of  a  horse. 

Then  I  asked  him  what  other  differ- 
ence there  was  between  a  bird  and  a 
horse. 

And  he  said  that  "  a  bird  has  not  so 
long  legs  as  a  horse." 

In  this  he  was  partly  mistaken ;  for 
some  birds  have  as  long  legs  as  a  horse. 

Then  I  asked  him  what  other  differ- 
ence there  was. 

And  he  said  that  "  a  bird  had  not  got 
so  large  a  face  as  a  horse." 

This  is  true  generally,  though  some 
birds  have  a  long  bill,  as  long  as  a 
horse's  head. 

Then  I  asked  him  what  other  differ- 
ence there  was. 


ANIMALS. 


163 


And  he  said,  "  There  are  little  things 
sticking  out  —  the  bird  has,  —  to  his 
foot." 

This  is  true. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  bird. 


Do  you  see  the  little  things  sticking 
out  of  his  feet  ?  How  many  are  there  ? 
They  are  his  claws.  A  horse  never  has 
claws.     A  bird  always  has  claws. 

The   reason   why   a    horse    does    not 


164  ANIMALS. 

have  claws,  is  because  he  does  not  want 
them  to  walk  along  on  the  smooth 
ground. 

The  reason  why  a  bird  has  claws,  is 
because  she  wants  them  to  cling  to  the 
branches  of  the  trees  with.  Do  you  not 
see  this  bird  clinging  to  the  branch  of  the 
trees  with  her  claws  ? 

Look  now  at  this  bird,  and  see  if  she 
has  got  any  thing  else  which  a  horse  has 
not. 

Wings  —  a  horse  has  not  got  wings. 
The  reason  why  a  horse  does  not  want 
wings  is  because  he  does  not  want  to 
fly,  for  the  grass  he  eats  is  on  the  ground, 
and  the  stable  where  he  sleeps  is  on  the 
ground.  Therefore  he  never  wants  to 
fly  into  the  air.  But  a  bird  wants  to  fly 
up  to  the  tops  of  the  trees  to  her  nest. 

Look  at  the  picture  of  this  bird,  and 
see  if  she  has  any  other  thing  that  a 
horse  has  not. 


BEASTS. 


165 


Feathers  and  a  bill. 

How  many  legs  has  this  bird?     How 
many  legs  has  a  horse  ? 


BEASTS 


There  are  three  kinds  of  animals, 
which  I  am  now  going  to  tell  you  about  — 
beasts,  birds,  and  fishes.  First,  I  will 
show  you  a  picture  of  a  beast. 


This  beast  has  four  legs.  He  is 
sometimes  called  a  quadruped.  Animals 
that  have  four  legs  are  called  quadru- 
peds. 


166 


BEASTS 


Is  a  dog  a  quadruped  ?  Is  a  goose  a 
quadruped  ?     Is  a  cow  a  quadruped  ? 

This  beast  has  a  spotted  skin,  and  a 
long  tail ;  but  some  beasts  are  very  differ- 
ent from  this. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  another  beast. 


This  is  a  camel.  How  many  legs  has 
he  got  ?  Is  his  skin  spotted  like  that  of 
the  other  beasts  Is  his  back  straight 
and  smooth  ? 


BEASTS.  167 

The  camel  is  very  large  and  strong. 
Men  ride  on  his  back.  His  head  reaches 
up  as  high  as  the  top  of  a  room. 

Some  beasts  are  very  small. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  Guinea  pig  —  a 
little  Guinea  pig  —  black  and  white  — 
creeping  along  upon  the  ground. 


He  has  four  legs,  though  he  is  squat- 
ting down  so  that  you  cannot  see  them 
very  well.  You  can  see  three  of  them, 
and  the  other  is  hid  round  behind  him. 

Once  T  had  two  Guinea  pigs,  and  they 
went  creeping  around  on  the  floor,  one 
after  the  other. 

One's  name  was  Creep,  and  the 
other's  name  was  Browney.  They 
lived  in  a  box  in  one  corner  of  the  room, 
and  were  very  good  little  Guinea  pigs. 


168  ANIMALS, 

Thus  you  see  there  are  a  great  many 
different  kinds  of  beasts.  Here  is  anoth- 
er strange-looking  animal.  His  name  is 
Armadillo. 

He  has  a  great  shell  on  his  back.  He 
digs  a  hole  in  the  ground,  and  lives  in 
his  hole. 


Has  this  armadillo  got  any  ears  ? 
Look  and  see  whether  the  other  beasts 
I    have  shown  you  have    got    any   ears. 

Has  the  armadillo  got  any  claws  ?  Has 
a  horse  any  claws  ?  Has  a  bird  any 
claws  ?     What  are  the  birds'  claws  for  ? 


BEASTS. 


169 


What  do.  you  think  the  armadillo's 
claws  are  for  ?  They  are  to  dig  his  hole 
with  in  the  ground. 

Here  is  one  more  animal  1  will  show 
you,  and  then  tell  you  about  the  birds. 
It  is  a  Zebra,  —  a  little,  gallopping  Ze- 
bra, —  a  little,  striped,  gallopping  Zebra. 


Do  you  see  his  stripes  ? 
He  looks   like  a   horse, 
not  so  large  as  a  horse. 


h 


15 


though   he  is 


170 


BIRDS'    NESTS. 

I  have  already  told  you  something 
about  birds ;  do  you  recollect  what  it 
was  ? 

How  many  legs  have  birds  ?  What 
do  they  have  which  quadrupeds  have 
not? 

Birds  build  nests.  Small  birds  build 
their  nests  in  the  bushes,  and  upon  the 
ground  among  the  grass.  Large  birds 
build  their  nests  high  upon  the  lofty 
trees ;  or  among  the  rocks  upon  the  tops 
of  the  mountains ;  or  in  the  sand  upon 
the  sea  shore,  by  the  side  of  the  water. 

Bird's  nests  are  round  an$  hollow  like 
a  bowl ;  only  they  are  not  smooth  like  a 
bowl,  for  they  are  made  of  sticks  and 
straw.  The  birds  live  in  their  nests, 
and  there  they  keep  their  eggs,  and  little 
birds,  until  they  are  old  enough  to  fly 
away. 


BIRDS'    NESTS.  171 

I  will  tell  you  a  story  about  a  bird's 
nest. 

One  day  I  took  a  walk  out  in  my 
garden  with  my  little  boy,  and  as  we 
were  walking  along,  a  little  yellow  bird 
flew  out  of  the  bushes,  and  lighted  on  the 
fence.  They  were  currant  bushes.  I 
looked  among  the  currant  bushes,  where 
the  bird  flew  from,  and  what  do  you 
think  I  saw  ?  Why,  I  saw  a  beautiful 
little  nest,  with  five  eggs  in  it.  The 
nest  was  fastened  in  the  branches  of  the 
currant  bushes.  I  lifted  up  my  little 
boy  so  that  he  could  see  the  nest,  and 
all  the  little  speckled  eggs  in  it.  They 
were  smooth,  round,  speckled  eggs. 
There  were  five  of  them.  One,  two, 
three,  four,  five.  As  many  eggs  as  the 
fingers  and  thumb  on  one  of  your  hands. 
If  you  hold  up  the  fingers  and  thumb  of 
one  of  your  hands,  and  look  at  them, 
you  will  know  how  many  eggs  there 
were,  in  this  little  yellow  bird's  nest. 


172  BIRDS'    NESTS. 

There  were  little  birds  in  the  eggs. 
Every  egg  had  a  little  yellow  bird  in  it, 
though  they  were  not  big  enough  to 
come  out.  The  great  bird  sat  upon 
them,  and  spread  her  wings  over  them, 
so  as  to  keep  them  warm,  until  the 
little  birds  should  be  big  enough  and 
strong  enough  to  come  out. 

Here  is  a  picture  of  a  bird  and  a  nest. 
Do  you  see  the  nest?  Do  you  see 
the  eggs  in  it  ?  How  many  eggs  are 
there  ? 

Do  you  see  the  sticks  and  the  straw 
that  the  nest  is  made  of?  Is  that  nest 
in  the  bushes,  or  on  the  top  of  a  tree  ? 
It  is  on  the  top  of  a  great  tree.  You 
can  see  the  fields,  and  the  trees  and  the 
houses  away  down  on  the  ground. 

This  bird  has  built  her  nest  on  the  top 
of  a  great  tree  so  that  nobody  can  reach 
it  to  take  avvay  the  eggs.  She  is  stand- 
ing upon  the  top   of  the  tree.     Do  you 


BIRDS'    NESTS. 


173 


see  her  claws  ?     She  is  going  away  from 
her  nest.     I  think  she  is  hungry.     She 


is  going  to  get    something   to   eat,   and 
then  she  will  come  back,  and  stay  upon 
h*       15* 


174  BIRDS'    NESTS. 

her  nest,  and  keep  her  eggs  warm,  and 
the  little  birds  that  are  in  them  warm, 
until  they  are  big  enough  to  come  out 
and  fly. 

Now  I  will  tell  you  more  about  the 
yellow  bird's  nest. 

After  I  had  shown  my  boy  the  little 
birds,  I  led  him  away  into  the  house, 
and  I  told  him  that  he  must  not  go  to  that 
nest  unless  I  went  with  him,  for  if  he 
did  he  would  frighten  away  the  yellow 
bird,  and  there  would  be  nobody  to  take 
care  of  the  eggs  and  the  little  birds. 
A  few  days  after,  I  took  my  boy,  and 
went  to  look  at  the  nest  again.  The 
yellow  bird  flew  away  when  we  came 
near.  We  were  sorry  we  had  fright- 
ened her  away.  We  looked  into  the 
nest,  and  saw  that  the  five  eggs  were 
there,  but  one  of  the  five  eggs  had  a  little 
hole  in  it,  and  we  saw  something  moving 
in   there.     It  was   the   little   bird's  bill. 


BIRDS'    NESTS.  175 

We  thought  that  very  soon  the  little 
birds  would  come  out  of  the  eggs. 
Then  we  went  away. 

A  few  days  after,  we  came  back  again 
and  looked  in  the  nest,  and  now  we  saw 
three  little  birds  lying  in  the  bottom  of 
the  nest,  and  two  eggs.  The  birds 
were  funny-looking  little  birds.  They 
had  no  feathers,  and  they  were  very 
weak,  so  that  they  could  not  stand. 
They  kept  opening  their  mouths  for 
something  to  eat. 

The  yellow  bird  that  built  the  nest 
was  their  mother.  She  had  gone  away 
to  get  them  something  to  eat. 

A  few  days  afterwards,  we  came 
again,  and  the  birds  had  come  out  of  all 
the  eggs.  Then  there  were  five  little 
birds  lying  in  the  bottom  of  the  nest, 
opening  their  mouths  for  something  to 
eat.  Their  mother  kept  bringing  them 
something  to  eat  every  day,  until  at  last 
they  grew  big  enough  to  fly  away. 


176  THE  GREAT  VULTURES  AND 

Soon  after  this  the  winter  came,  and 
the  birds  all  flew  away  to  a  country 
where  it  was  warmer,  and  the  bushes 
and  the  nest  and  the  ground  all  over 
my  garden  were  covered  with  snow. 


THE  GREAT    VULTURES   AND   THE 
LITTLE   HUMMING-BIRD. 

There  are  a  great  many  different 
kinds  of  birds.  I  am  going  to  show  you 
a  picture  of  the  great  vultures  and  the 
little  humming-bird. 

First,  I  will  show  you  a  picture  of  the 
little  humming-bird.     Here  he  is. 


LITTLE    HUMMING-BIRD.        177 

Now     I    will    show    you   the   picture 
of  the  great  vultures.     Here  they  are. 


This  is  the  picture  of  the  great  vultures 
sitting  on  the  rocks.  They  are  great, 
fierce     birds.     They   have    great,    heavy 


178     THE    GREAT    VULTURE    AND 

wings,  which  they  spread  out  further 
than  you  can  reach  your  hands.  The 
wings  of  these  vultures  are  shut  up. 
Do  you  see  the  great  wings  ?  You  may 
touch  the  great  wings. 

One  of  the  vultures  is  standing  on  a 
log,  and  another  is  standing  on  a  rock. 
The  third  is  behind  the  one  which  is 
standing  on  a  rock,  and  so  we  cannot  see 
what  he  is  upon.  The  vultures  grasp 
the  log  or  the  rock  which  they  stand 
upon  with  their  sharp,  strong  claws,  Do 
you  see  their  sharp,  strong  claws  ? 

The  vultures  do  not  eat  bread,  or  corn, 
or  little  seeds  like  the  robin.  No  ;  they 
eat  the  flesh  of  dead  animals.  They 
live  away  off  among  the  mountains  and 
rocks,  where  there  are  no  men,  and  no 
houses.  They  fly  high  in  the  air  from 
tree  to  tree.  When  they  are  thirsty, 
they  fly  down,  down,  down,  till  they 
come     to     some     little    brook    running, 


LITTLE    HUMMING-BIRD.        179 

through  the  forest,  and  they  stand  upon 
the  bank  of  the  brook,  and  drink.  When 
they  are  hungry,  they  fly  around  and 
around  till  they  find  some  dead  animals 
lying  on  the  ground  ;  and  then  they 
come  down  upon  it,  and  tear  it  to  pieces 
with  their  sharp  claws,  and  their  hooked 
bill.  Do  you  see  their  hooked  bills  in 
the  picture  ?     You  may  touch  them. 

This  is  the  end  of  little  Rollo's  Picture 
Book.  Who  do  you  think  little  Rollo  is  ? 
I  will  tell  you  all  about  him  in  my  next 
book. 


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